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Osun-Osogbo Main Entrance Gate . Osun-Osogbo is a sacred grove along the banks of the Osun river just outside the city of Osogbo, Osun State of Nigeria.. The Osun-Osogbo Grove is several centuries old [1] and is among the last of the sacred forests that once adjoined the edges of most Yoruba cities before extensive urbanization.
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria. The concept of sacred groves is present in Nigerian mythology as well. The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, containing dense forests, is located just outside the city of Osogbo, and is regarded as one of the last virgin high forests in Nigeria.
The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its spiritual and material culture. [3] Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove: Osun
Wenger's sculptural works can be found in Osun Grove, an area parallel to the Osun River.Her involvement with the grove dates back to the 1960s. [7] Upon the invitation of an Osun high priestess who was troubled by commercial interests and termites destroying shrine facilities, sacred sculptures and carvings, Wenger teamed up with the Public Works Department and many local area artists to ...
Osun-Osogbo, in the heart of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, founded some 400 years ago in southwest Nigeria, at a distance of 250 km from Lagos is the largest sacred grove to have survived and one that is still revered. The dense forest of the Osun Sacred Grove is some of the last remnants of primary high forest in southern Nigeria.
Osogbo (also known as Oṣogbo, and seldomly as Oshogbo) is a city in Nigeria.It became the capital city of Osun State in 1991. [2] Osogbo city seats the Headquarters of both Osogbo Local Government Area (situated at Oke-Baale Area of the city) and Olorunda Local Government Area (situated at Igbonna Area of the city). [2]
The location is not divulged except on request and permission of the keepers of the shrine because it is a sacred grove. [26] Oduduwa Shrine and Grove: The shrine of the progenitor of the Yoruba race. Worshippers and initiates flood the place seeking blessings and paying obeisance to the originator of their civilization. [27]
Tanoboase Sacred Grove and Shrine; Temple at Uppsala; U. Utaki This page was last edited on 13 March 2024, at 09:25 (UTC). Text is available under the ...