Olojo festival
Bikin Olojo wani biki ne a Ife, jihar Osun, a Najeriya ana yin bikin ne a kowace shekara a watan Oktoba kuma ya ƙunshi manyan salloli na al'ada waɗanda Ooni ya jagoranta. Ana alama ta da yanayi irin na Carnival kuma mutane na kowane zamani suna halarta.

Tarihi

Ma'anar bikin
Bikin Olojo wani biki ne na al'ada wanda ya kasance a kalandar Ile-Ife, jihar Osun wacce take a yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Najeriya. Biki ne na tunawa da " Ogun ", allan ƙarfe, wanda suka yi imanin shi ne ɗan farin Oduduwa, wanda ya fito daga zuriyan Yarbawa. Ana yin bikin ne a kowace shekara a watan Oktoba saboda hakan al'adce a gurin su kuma sukan kokarin yin hakan dan sauke hakkin hakan da suka wajabtawa kansu.

Yadda bikin ke gudana
A wannan rana, (ranar bikin a watan Oktoba) Ooni (sarkin Ife) yakan yi kokari wajan ganin ya bayyana bayan shafe kwanaki da yawa na keɓewa da kuma hana tattaunawa tare da kakanni da yin addu'a domin mutanensa. Wannan don tsarkake shine da kuma tabbatar da ingancin sallarsa. Kafin Ooni ya fito, mata daga dangin mahaifiyarsa da kuma na mahaifinsa sun share Fadar don tsarkake shi dakuma lura da duk wani abun cutarwa a gare shi, a alamance sun kawar da Fadar daga mugunta.

Ooni daga baya ya bayyana a bainal jama'a tare da sarautar Aare (King's Crown), wanda ake jin shi a ainihin kambin da Oduduwa ya yi amfani da shi wajen jagorantar jerin gwanon Sarakunan gargajiya da kiristoci don su isa wurin ibadar a Ogun. Mataki na gaba shi ne jagorantar taron zuwa gunkin Okemogun. Anan yake aiwatar da ayyuka ciki harda sabunta rantsuwa, duba ga Ooni a gindin tsaunin Oketage ta Araba (Babban Firist), da kuma wuraren ziyartar masu mahimmanci da tarihi a wurin su.

A wurin ibadar, Sarakunan gargajiya suna  ɗauke da takubban ofis ɗin su da aka yi wa alama da alli da itacen cam, suna bayyane a cikin kayan adon bikin suna rawa da rawa ga rawar Bembe, wani ganga ta gargajiya. Salon gurnani da waka ga kowane Shugaba. Ooni ne kawai za su iya yin rawa zuwa ganga da ake kira Osirigi.

Olojo ya kasance sananne a Ile-Ife saboda tatsuniya da tarihinta. Yana nuna ranar a cikin shekara ta musamman wanda Olodumare (mahaliccin Duniya) ya albarkace shi. Hakanan ana iya fassara Olojo a zahiri azaman "Mai mallaka na yini". Ana yin addu'o'in neman zaman lafiya da kwanciyar hankali a gun Yarabawa da Najeriya gaba daya. Duk kungiyoyin suna shiga. Mahimmancin sa shine dunkulewan  Yarbawa.

Al'adar ta nuna cewa Ile-Ife itace matattaran Yarbawa, garin wadanda suka tsira, wurin zaman Yarbawa na ruhaniya, kuma ƙasar magabata.

Manazarta

 On Ijesa Racial Purity, The 199 Publishing Palace

Adireshin Waje
 Olojo Festival Article

 Al'adu da bukukuwa a Najeriya
Bukukuwan Yarabawa
Ife