Vodun Days : Mother Orisha Ogundarasimi Yéyelufè Agbayé announced the 1st edition of the BUNMI ECONOMY Festival

The 9 and 10 January will be held in Ouidah, in the south of Benin, the “Vodun days”, an initiative of the Beninese government. A reinvented version of the Vodun festival celebrated in Benin every 10 January since 1992 established by President Nicephore Dieudonné Soglo.

The Vodun Days aim to “contribute to the promotion of national cultural heritage and the influence of the Benin destination” and will now be held every year according to the report of the Council of Ministers of 31 October 2023. They are part of “the continuation of the developments aimed at diversifying the cultural and tourist offer of our country”. For this first edition of the AJE BUNMI Festival, the organization looks very good and rich. According to Orisha Ogundarasimi, Yéyélufè Agbayé and member of the Royal Court of Ilé-Ifè in Nigeria, citizens are invited to commune with the deities OGUN ONIRÉ and AJE OGUGUNISO from Nigeria. They will take advantage, she says, to present their grievances in order to get through the year. 2024 in beauty and prosperity.

On the menu

Tuesday 9 January 2024 from 10 p.m. the event starts with cultural entertainment and its nocturnal show followed by prayer until dawn; Wednesday 10 January 2024 from 8 a.m. there will be prayer to all the deities, the Egungun release ceremony, the talk and explanations on the role of the deities, the demonstration and dances of the Egungun, prayer and worship to the deities OGUN and AJE in the presence of several political-administrative personalities, crowned heads and high dignitaries of the endogenous religions of Benin and Nigeria. A journey, from the convent of the priestess Iya Orisha Ogundarasimi, Yéyélufè Agbayé to the places of demonstrations passing through neighboring neighborhoods will allow immersion in the rhythms, chants, dances and symbols of the deities OGUN ONIRÉ and AJE OGUGUNISO. She emphasizes that the AJE BUNMI Festival is a unique and annual opportunity to commune with the authentic deities OGUN ONIRÉ and AJÉ OGUGUNISO from Nigeria..

The AJE BUNMI Festival will bring together the Yoruba people of Benin and Nigeria every year. This cultural event is created through the initiative of the government “Vodun Days” in order to reveal, promote and promote the deities OGUN ONIRÉ and AJE OGUGUNISO to the populations of Benin, from neighboring countries and around the world informs Iya Orisha Ogundarasimi Yéyélufè Agbayé. She also announced that the same 10 January that a special prayer will be made to the Head of State his Excellency Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon and his entire government without forgetting the political-administrative authorities.

Patrice ADJAHO (Coll)