KINGDOM OF OYOTUNJI

VILLAGE

YORUBA FESTIVAL CALENDAR 2001

READING OF THE YEAR
JANUARY 1^ST
Priests of Oyotunji
consult the Ifa oracle
to reveal the future of the U.S.
and the world.

IFA FESTIVAL AND YORUBA NATIONAL CONVENTION
JULY 7th - 8th
Mythical festival of dances and recitations to the God of Destiny; mass gathering of Yoruba's.

OLOKUN FESTIVAL
FEBRUARY 24^th - 25^th
Celebration
of the mysterious
God of the Deep Sea
and protector of the African soul.

SHANGO FESTIVAL 
JULY 28^th - 29th
Veneration of the brilliant 8^th century Alaafin of
ancient Oyo who became God of Thunder and Lightning.

YORUBA NEW YEAR
MARCH 20th
Toast to the 10,042^nd year of birth of Yoruba culture.

OBATALA FESTIVAL
AUGUST 25th - 26th
Stately dances and plays in celebration of the patron God of the Yoruba Village.

ESHU, OGUN, OSOSI
MENS AKINKONJU FESTIVAL
MARCH 24th -25th
Celebration of the Trickster, War and Hunter. Gods including annual Akinkonju
Men's rites of passage

KING'S DAY
OCTOBER 5^th - 7th
Grand series of elaborate processions, banquets in honor of the birthday of the King.

OSHUN FESTIVAL
APRIL 27th  - 30th
Brilliant pageants and parties for the Goddess of Love
and spring.

OYA FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 27^th - 28th
Autumnal celebration venerating the fierce Royal Goddess of Death, Storms and the River Niger.

EGUNGUN FESTIVAL
MAY 25^th - JUNE 2nd
Celebration of the great ancestors; pageants featuring
annual Royal Customs and the Oba's sacrifice to the ancestors.

HWEDO FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 31^st.
Parade of ghost and solemn candlelight ceremony for the unknown dead of the African race.

YEMOJA-MOREMI FESTIVAL
JUNE 23^rd - 24th
Pageants and fertility dances for the great Mother Goddess of the
Yoruba; celebration of Rites of Passage for women.

OBALUAIYE FESTIVAL
DECEMBER 22nd - 31st
Masquerades, archers mischief and dances for Winter Solstice and rule of the Taskmaster God.