Obaluaye Temple

About me and Obaluaye   I am High priest Ifabukola Obaluaye.  I am neither a Muslim, a Christian nor a pagan. I am just an African Traditional religionist. The art of story telling forms the bedrock of most culture of the people of the world. Before the success of recorded in the presentation of intellectual property through printing and copy right censorship, communities “preserve their identity as groups by handing down orally from one generation to another, the most crucial elements of their culture” within the sanctuary of oral lore in Africa, and elsewhere is the people’s way of life. Thus, in the community transmit to the young ones the customs, beliefs and expectations of the race. Our understanding of the diversity and spacio-temporal nature of oral tradition and traditional religion at large. It is vitality and fecundity is determined by the occupation of the people; such that a community of people who engage in fishing will base muc...

Obaluaye, also called Sanponna, Omolu, Baba oye, He is the Irunmole of disease, sickness, smallpox but also He is the one who gives the cure. He is very powerful and very connected to the power of the earth, but he is also considered as beeing an Ajogun. Nana Buruku is a powerful Orisa like Obaluaye and has many powers. She is the female counterpart of Sanponna, she is Ajogun also and has great healing power. Her icons are the OKO and the SASARA. Sango is another powerful and important Orisa and he is the younger brother of Obaluaye. His icons are the Edun ara, the ose and the seere. Some foods he likes are yamflour and beans, amala and gbegiri and he loves orogbo.  Oya is the wife of Sango, she is the powerful Orisa that works with winds and rain. Obatala is the most ancient and powerful Irunmole, he is the white deity of the creation of the earth and the human being. The oracle of Eerindilogun it comes from this Orisa first. ...

Some picture of our Obaluaye Temple and my Father, the Oba Sanponna of Oyo.

Masquerade it is also known as heavenly man. We use masquerade to celebrate the remembrance of our forefathers in every year in a traditional society. Masquerade is a good Orisa that gives blessing, merriment, aggrandizement and way forward. During the masquerade festival people will accompanied him by playing drums and other various instruments. Different cloth could be seen at masquerade body like; Aso Aran, Aso Alagba, Aso Afi Alaro, Aso Pupa and so on. Masquerade is a good Orisa that sent go the planet Earth by Olodumare (The Creator). Particularly in Yoruba traditional societies to make people happy and laugh and also go wish blessing from the gods for the town or each. Also is a kind of Orisa that gives rich, children, goodness and so on. We also use masquerade when evil thing has been operate in one family or generation,  Masquerade will sent out to lodge his "Ago" or cloth on the ground go restore peace and joy yo their family. We have different kind of ma...

High priest Ifabukola Obidiran Obaluaye is an exponent of African traditional religion. He was born in Oyó state, Nigeria in 1969 at Ile Arole Iya Oba Agure street, Apinnin Oyo. He commenced his formal education at Baptist primary school 1, Ogese in Oyo East local government are a, Oyo state I  1977 to 1983. He was there after admitted into Oranmiyan Grammar School, Sabo Oyo. His father Oladejo Obimuyiwa Adegbai III, the Baale Sanponba of Yoruba land was a Fanatic and staunch advocate of the indigenous system of worship, as an unreserved protagonist of African traditional religion. That is why he started train in African traditional religion starting from his grass root. Basically these are people that God cannot fail to crown their efforts with success not because they are special being but they are created excelled and to be blessed. Chief priest Ifabukola Obaluaye is one of such that is why Obaluaye association crown his effort with chieftancy called (Elegun Obaluaye...