Igogo festival
igogo festival yoruba festival held owo nigeria held annually september honor queen oronsen mythical wife rerengejen festival incumbent olowo owo oba ajibade gbadegesin ogunoye iii high chief owo kingdom dress like woman coral bead beaded gown plaited hair wearing headgear cap well beating drum firing gun forbidden festival origin igogo festival began year ago reign olowo rerengejen monarch married oronsen queen unknown king orisha enriched monarch loved result queen oronsen declared certain activity taboo one allowed grind okra stew presence pour water yard forbade people arriving farm dump throw load firewood presence king rerengejen cautioned wife carry activity one day queen oronsen disagreement wife king conspired intention violating taboo rerengejen palace taboo intentionally violated fled palace making escape palace guard chief pursued intending return palace effort ultimately futile becoming weary stopped place called ugbo laja discovered attempt made persuade return palace refusal frustrated guard forcefully captured escaped disappeared igbo oluwa sacred forest leaving head tie oja ugbo laja guard later returned king rerengejen ugbo laja sacred grove terra cotta sculptured image queen oronsen excavated igbo oluwa ekpo eyo – nigerian scholar anthropologist image stood distance inform owo people never return palace annually always sacrifice two hundred item different article dried fish colanut alligator pepper bitter cola many ritual igogo return promised protect kingdom forever igogo festival last day begin upeli proceeding iloro chief chief led chief known akowa iloro traditional head iloro chief upeli procession last day feature several activity including utegi ugbabo uyanna ugbate also period celebration new yam procession beating drum individual association forbidden use cap men head tie woman close range owo monarch olowo owo also prohibited festival feature dance barechested men iloro quarter men called ighares often wear white cap two horn buffalo hand strike horn together dancing around town visiting sacred place located town rite animal cross path viewed food chief braid hair dance round town visit loved one give gift return monarch often dress like woman dance around town dancing market monarch also one rite performed festival festival nigeria ojude oba festival badagry festival