ISEMOLEFESTIVAL IN IKOLE– The Isemole festival is another important annual festival at Ikole. It comes eleven days after the Ogun festival and lasts three days. As the name depicts, the women-folk irrespective of age and status are kept in ‘confinement’ throughout the period. The traditional belief is that during this period, some deities who must not see women and who women must not see go round important places in the town to perform some rituals for the protection and prosperity of the community. Legends say that any woman who sees them or the Iworos (Chief priests of the town) who go round the town physically would dry up on the spot like an electrocuted person. The story of one EYINJUEWA (a princess) who saw them and suffered this type of death many years ago is a household story at Ikole. It comes up during the time of plenty, thus friends, relatives etc exchange yams and bowls of iyan as presents. WRITTEN BY OGUNLEYE DARE
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:51:45 +0000
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