OLOROGUN: THE MOST DREADED IJAW MASQUERADE FROM THE SEA (MUST WATCH)

The famous Ayakoromo Olorogun festival in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state started in 1937. The festival was founded by a man named Ayei. Ayei was a fisherman distinguished by commitment to his trade. In one of his usual fishing sessions, he caught a big fish that struck him strange and awe-inspiring, so he unentangled the fish, led it into the sea and rowed home. Few days later Mr. Ayei became ill and when the oracles were consulted, it revealed that the strange fish (Later named Olorogun by the oracles) he caught and led go of was the offshoot of his illness. The demand of the fish was that it should be beautifully carved and venerated in the mould of a masquerade festival. Mr. Ayei carved the fish as he saw it and Olorogun became the cynosure of Ayakoromo Okoso-otu masquerade cult.
Olorougun is a very agile and smart machete-wielding masquerade. Whenever Olorogun comes out, masked, thousand spectators often go home with machete wounds. And because the oracles predicted that the founder, Mr. Ayei, could be matched into pieces by Olorogun in its state of possession, he was often sneaked to a neighbouring vallage in the duration of the Olorogun day. (Full story on “Dewdrops From Nigeria’s Starved Tree” by Ekanpou Enewaredideke).
Watch the highlights from the 2019 Olorogun Festival held on Friday January 25, 2019.
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Beautiful cultural heritage

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I never knew my community festival could be seen online. Kudos .........

[@seiyifagbedeke706]

I love it

[@williamssmith8123]

It remember me of the day in akama base

[@francaroland7021]

At least I can watch it from any were, that is great

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Owu ooo

[@davido1561]

Wow

[@deltacentralreintegration498]

I love Ijaws for the fact that they are so honest and also so dishonest, they don't judge

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🤔

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Is it possible to fight a masquerade or is it considered bad luck?

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@✞☦︎︎ayesha erotica☦︎︎✞ oh

[@tralbriggs104]

Olorogun is not an Ijaw word. This is not Ijaw . Might be Itshekiri masquerade borrowed by the Ijaw

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It's an delta ijaw thing

[@tralbriggs104]

@@dcmarvel7280 What does OLOROGUN mean ?

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@@tralbriggs104 i don't know

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@@dcmarvel7280 It is a Yoruba word and not Ijaw .

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@@tralbriggs104 even urhobo bear d name