{"id":175384,"date":"2025-08-21T09:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:08:17","slug":"isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition","title":{"rendered":"Isese Day Urges Yoruba to Embrace Culture and Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A renowned Chief Priest and founder of the Agbotifayo Empire, Chief Ayedun Ifadare Owodunni, has advised all Yoruba sons and daughters to embrace and uphold their cultural and spiritual legacy instead of abandoning it.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Owodunni, popularly known as Agbotifayo, explained that ignoring these cultures and traditions was like disconnecting a river from its source.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that people must be true to their roots, emphasising that these deities have once aided them while at home or in the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Agbotifayo spoke on Wednesday in Isara Remo during the annual Ifa sacrifice held to commemorate the 2025 Isese Day celebration.<\/p>\n<p>His words, \u201cThere is no Yoruba man or woman who doesn\u2019t have one or two traditional deities in their family. We are all Africans, and there is evidence that these traditional practices have helped us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether at home or abroad, there is at least one deity that has aided you. Abandoning our culture and tradition is like a river disconnected from its source.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief priest commended the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, for recognizing African traditional religion through the declaration of August 20 as a public holiday to mark Isese Day.<\/p>\n<p>He described the governor\u2019s gesture as a step in the right direction, pointing out that traditional worshippers had been marginalized for decades, while Islam and Christianity were officially recognised through public holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate Governor Dapo Abiodun for giving us the holiday to celebrate Isese Day, we have been really happy with that. We thank God that the prayers of our forefathers have been answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we were in school, we were taught that there are three religions: Traditional, Christian, and Islamic. So why was traditional religion relegated initially? We are grateful that we now have our annual holiday on August 20. Before now, the other two religions were the only ones enjoying holidays\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI therefore want to plead with our dear Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to give further support to the institutionalization of traditional worship so it becomes even better than it is currently,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he offered prayers for peace, growth, and development in Ogun State and Nigeria at large.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A renowned Chief Priest and founder of the Agbotifayo Empire, Chief Ayedun Ifadare Owodunni, has advised all Yoruba sons and daughters to embrace and uphold their cultural and spiritual legacy instead of abandoning it. Chief Owodunni, popularly known as Agbotifayo, explained that ignoring these cultures and traditions was like disconnecting a river [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[11146,254,386,665],"class_list":["post-175384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-isese-day","tag-nigeria","tag-ogun","tag-yoruba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Isese Day Urges Yoruba to Embrace Culture and Tradition - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A renowned Chief Priest and founder of the Agbotifayo Empire, Chief Ayedun Ifadare Owodunni, has advised all Yoruba sons ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Isese Day Urges Yoruba to Embrace Culture and Tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A renowned Chief Priest and founder of the Agbotifayo Empire, Chief Ayedun Ifadare Owodunni, has advised all Yoruba sons ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T08:03:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T09:08:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755754851.014239.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1247\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1325\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Isese Day Urges Yoruba to Embrace Culture and Tradition\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-21T08:03:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-21T09:08:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition\"},\"wordCount\":375,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755754851.014239.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Isese Day\",\"Nigeria\",\"Ogun\",\"Yoruba\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/isese-day-urges-yoruba-to-embrace-culture-and-tradition\",\"name\":\"Isese Day Urges Yoruba to Embrace Culture and Tradition - 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