Osun State Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Culture == [[File:Templo Osun3.jpg|right|thumb|Osun temple]] Every year, adherents and non-adherents of [[Osun]], one of the [[Orisa]] (the traditional deities of the [[Yoruba people]]), travel from all over the world to attend the annual [[Osun-Osogbo]] festival in August. Visitors include nationals of [[Brazil]], [[Cuba]], [[Trinidad]], [[Grenada]], and other nations in the Americas with a significant Yoruba cultural heritage. Annual traditional festivities and invocations of the Osun goddess are held along the banks of the river bearing her name into which – according to Yoruba Oratory traditions – she transformed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Osun State of Nigeria :: Nigeria Information & Guide |url=https://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Nigeria/States_Nigeria/Osun/Osun_State.html |access-date=13 September 2022 |website=www.nigeriagalleria.com}}</ref> [[Osun-Osogbo|Ọsun-Ọsogbo]] Grove, the shrine of the annual rites of the deity and an important artistic center, was declared a World Heritage Site in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Osogbo {{!}} Location, History, Facts, & Population {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Osogbo|access-date=8 February 2022|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page