The Ooni of ile ife HRH OBA ADEYEYE ENITAN OGUNWUSI Ogaga II, Ooni of Ife will be speaking at the 3rd Lagos at 50 Colloquium on the 20th of August,Saturday 2016.
The 51st of Ooni of Ile Ife will be speaking on the topic “Tourism Potentials of Yorubaland of Nigeria” at the Prestigious Muson Centre.
The Colloquium is part of the long week ‘Ibile Season’ Badagry Month which will be starting on Friday 19th to Sunday 27th. The Ooni of ife will be visiting Historical landmarks in the ancient city of Badagry.
Program schedules as follows:
Friday, 19th August 2016
- Float (ft. Beauty Pageant contestants; Youths)
Time: 2:00pm- 4:00pm
Venue: Around the city
- Cultural Performances
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Pathfinder Hotel
- Secondary School band
• Secondary School – Ojo
• Secondary School – Amuwo Odofin
- Beauty Pageant
Time: 6:00pm -9:00pm
Venue: Embassy Hotel
- Saturday, 20th August 2016
- Cultural Displays
Time: 10:00am
Venue: Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos
- Agasa / Alagbe
• Sato drummers (from Akarakuno)
• Kumbutu (from Iba)
- Festival Colloquium
HRM, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
Ojaja ii, Ooni of Ife
Time: 12:00 noon
Venue: Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos
- Regatta
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos
- Zangbeto Masquerade (from Ajido)
- Film Premiere
Eko: Iwure Olofin (The Blessing of Olofin)
Time: 2:30pm
Venue: Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos
- SUNDAY, 21st AUGUST 2016
- Visit by Ooni of Ife
Venue: Badagry
Places to visit: (tentative)
• Oba Akran’s Palace
• 1st storey building
• Slave relics at Mobee Compound
• Heritage Museum
• Canah Gun at Wawu
• Agla tree – First point of Christianity
• Brazahan Baraks (slave cell) Mobee Compound
• Point of no return
- PERFORMANCE
“ENI A YAN” by Lagos State University, LASU Troupe
Venue: Badagry
- SUNDAY, 27th AUGUST 2016
- Historic Sites Marathon
Venue: Badagry
- PERFORMANCES
Venue: Badagry
please note Kabiyesi title is ojaja II not OgagaII
Thanks Deyinka.Change effected.
The Yoruba culture is rich and unique