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Various of traditional statues at Osun grove2. Various of building described as the first palace of the King in the ancient days3. Woman praying by the Osun river4. SOUNDBITE :(English) Yemi Olasunkani\"I just...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eOshogbo  - September, 2007\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of traditional statues at Osun grove\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of building described as the first palace of the King in the ancient days\u003cbr/\u003e3. Woman praying by the Osun river\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE :(English) Yemi Olasunkani\u003cbr/\u003e\"I just came to ask for success in my business, to be achievement  in everything, and I believe it shall be so.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE :(English) Wasiu Olasunkani\u003cbr/\u003e\"I came here to give my thanks to the Osun (river) (for) what I request last year, it has done it for me, so gave me twins and I bought car and that is what I request for and it is a glory to me\" \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of traditional statue\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE :(English) Wasiu Olasunkani \u003cbr/\u003e\"I am a good Muslim\" \u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of female Osun worshiper praying for a man\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE :(English) Wasiu Olasunkani\u003cbr/\u003e\"God is great. He is the one that creates everything. If God knows that these things that we are doing today is no good, we won't do it now\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of woman making beads\u003cbr/\u003e11. The girl (in red) been taken to the river by a group of women. \u003cbr/\u003e12.  A woman with a sword leading the girl (she is said to be a virgin) \u003cbr/\u003e13. Mock flogging by male celebrants\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid of girl already carrying gifts on her head heading to the Osun river\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various people and traditional worshipers\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of drumming \u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of worshipers dancing\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of girl in the middle of crowd of people praying as she passes by\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of crowd \u003cbr/\u003e20. Close up of white visitors dressed in Nigeria costumes \u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jose Cardenas, a visitor from Cuba\u003cbr/\u003e\"Beautiful festival, its my first time here and I would come back many times again and I will tell everybody about it because everybody (inaudible) should know this\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola\u003cbr/\u003e\"My message for the international community is that we are welcoming them to be part of this celebration, a culture that has lasted for some centuries and that we give them an insight to where we started from.\" \u003cbr/\u003e23. Pan of temple, with international flags\u003cbr/\u003e24. Various dancers and worshipers\u003cbr/\u003eAcross West Africa, churches or mosques can be found in virtually every human settlement: evidence of deep Christian and Muslim roots sown by the merchants, missionaries and slave traders who brought the religions hundreds of years ago. \u003cbr/\u003eBut also firmly settled in the red soil are indigenous practices that West Africans integrate with the foreign beliefs.\u003cbr/\u003eThe results may sometimes seem to flout the monotheistic holy books, the Bible and Quran. \u003cbr/\u003eBut many West African faithful say their interpretations are equally valid, although they don't always tell their pastors or imams.\u003cbr/\u003eYemi and Wasiu Olasunkani have come to the river Osun to give thanks and ask for further requests from the traditional water goddess. \u003cbr/\u003eWasiu says he is a good Muslim, but he and countless other West Africans see no contradiction in blending traditional African practises with their Christian or Muslim faith. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says his prayers to Osun, only one goddess in the Yoruba pantheon, are cultural, and shouldn't be considered in conflict with Islam's monotheism.\u003cbr/\u003eWasiu says that if God disapproved of their African rituals he would make it known to them. \u003cbr/\u003eWasiu Olasunkani, a devoted Muslim whose 1998 pilgrimage to Mecca fulfilled one of the five pillars of Islam, joins tens of thousands of ethnic Yoruba people each year to pray before the idol and offer libations to her mermaid-like spirit, Osun. \u003cbr/\u003eLast year, Olasunkani beseeched the goddess for a baby. \u003cbr/\u003eThis year he's thanking her for twin boys, Farook and Cordroy.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria are 20 million strong and roughly evenly split between Christians and Muslims, but like the Olasunkanis, many people also pray to more traditional gods. \u003cbr/\u003eWhile many of the old practices go on in secret, others don't. \u003cbr/\u003eEach year, upwards of 100,000 Yoruba people travel to a forest in the middle of the southern city of Oshogbo to pray to Osun.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to fable, Osun rose from the river to help lead the Yoruba people to the area, and each year hoards of Yoruba people of all ages cram into the riverside glen, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. \u003cbr/\u003eThrongs of people make their way down into the forest to partake in the festivities, where they give thanks and praises.\u003cbr/\u003eThe festival is so popular that it's broadcast live on national television, sponsored by Nigeria's telecom and alcohol companies. \u003cbr/\u003eBeneath the stone idol of Osun, which is about 5 metres high with arms flung straight out like the bars of a cross, worshippers cast money into the river and toss in doves, their wings broken so they can't immediately fly away. \u003cbr/\u003eAs cash and birds swirl in the eddies of the muddy river, droves of Nigerians fill jerrycans from the river, carting home the sacred fluid.\u003cbr/\u003eLater, a virgin is presented to the water goddess amid nearly hysterical drumming and dancing. \u003cbr/\u003eThe girl will remain in the old palace building near the river until evening when the people have left, then she will bring the gifts which she has carried on her head to the river.  \u003cbr/\u003eWorshippers touch the stone Osun statue.\u003cbr/\u003eThe visitors who brought Christianity, largely by boat to the coasts, and Islam, to inland areas by camel over the Sahara Desert, tried to end many of the practices, and many of their inheritors have continued without ultimate success. \u003cbr/\u003eNowadays the visitors are western tourists. \u003cbr/\u003eJose Cardenas, a visitor from Cuba says it's a beautiful festival. \u003cbr/\u003eThe local state governor Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola says he wants more visitors to come to experience the festival and learn more about Nigerian culture.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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