Olojo festival

Ememme Olojo bụ emume ochie a na-eme nw afọ n'Ife, Osun State, Nigeria . Ememme a bụ otu n'ime mmemme ewu ewu n'ala ndị Yoruba, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi kọwara ya n'otu oge dịka mmemme na-eme agbụrụ ndị isi ojii n'ụwa niile.  Okwu Yoruba 'Olojo' pụtara 'Ụbọchị Ụbọchi Mbụ' nke na-akọwa obi ekele mmadụ nwere n'ebe ihe Chineke kere eke na ịdị adị nke mmadụ.   Ememme Olojo bụ mmemme odinala na freekalenda nke Ile-Ife, Osun steeti nke dị na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Naijiria.  Ọ bụ emume ncheta “ Ogun ”, bụ́ chi nke Ígwè, bụ́ onye e kweere na ọ bụ nwa mbụ Oduduwa, bụ́ nna ndị Yoruba .  A na-eme mmemme ahụ kwa afọ na October. 

N'ubochi ta, Ooni (Eze Ife) na-aputa mgbe ubochi asa nke wezugara onwe ya na ngọnarị, na-ekwurịta okwu na ndị nna ochie na-ekpere ya  ekpere maka ndị ya. Nke a bụ ime ka ọ dị ọcha  nke ukeu ma hụ na ekpere ya bara uru. Tupu Ooni apụta, ụmụ nwanyị sitere na nne na nna ya na-ekpochapụ Obí, na-ewepụ Obí nke ihe ọjọọ.  

Ooni mechara pụta n’ihu obodo na eze Are (Okpueze), bụ nke a kwenyere na ọ bụ okpueze mbụ Oduduwa ji duru ndị isi ọdịnala na ndị ụkọchukwu na-eme emume na Shrine of Ogun. Oge ọzọ nke emume a bụ iduru igwe mmadụ gaa n’ụlọ arụsị Okemogun. N'ebe a, ọ na-arụ ọrụ tinyere mmeghari iyi, ịgba afa maka Ooni dị n'okpuru ugwu Oketage site Araba (Onyeisi Nchụàjà), yana iletakwa  ebe dị mkpa akụkọ ihe mere eme. 

N'ụlọ arụsị ha, ndị isi ọmenala na mma agha nke ejiri nzu na osisi cam mara, na-apụta n'uwe emume na egwu egwu sitere na Bembe, ịgbà ọdịnala. Ụdị mkparị na abụ maka onye isi ọ bụla dị iche. Naanị Ooni nwere ike ịgba egwu a na-akpọ Osirigi.

weEmemme Ifa bụ mmemme ụbọchị asaa na-eme kwa afọ na Satọde mbụ n'afo juun. Ifa (a na-akpọkwa Ọrunmila) bụ chi dị n’ọnụ na otu n’ime chi kacha mkpa ndị Yoruba. Ụbọchị mbụ nke mmemme ahụ gụnyere mmemme ndị dị ka Ijawe Ifa Ooni (a na-akpụ akwụkwọ maka ọnụ ọnụ Ooni) na Arisun Idana Afin (ihe na-eri nri n'ụlọ eze), ụbọchị nke abụọ a na-arara Bibo Ifa Ooni (àjà maka Ooni's oracle). Ụbọchị nke atọ na nke anọ ka a na-arara nye Awo Oloju merindinlogun na-eme ememe (òtù nzuzo nwere ihu iri na isii). Okwu ihu ọha na mkparita ụka okirikiri maka 'ụmụ nwanyị nọ n'Ifa' nakwa mmemme nke otu ụkọchukwu aha ya bụ Araba Agbaye na eme n'ụbọchị nke ise. Nnukwu mmetụ nke na-amalite na ubose Satọde ma dịruo n'isi ụtụtụ echi ya, gụnyere iwure (ngọzi/ekpere) nke Araba Agbaye (ọkpụkpụ azụ nke ụwa) na Araba ndị ọzọ, yana nri Ifa na nka nke afọ. . 

AFjo ka na-ewu ewu n'Ile-Ife n'ihi akụkọ ifo na akụkọ ifo ya. Ọ na-akọwa ụbọchị n'afọ nke Olodumare (onye kere Eluigwe na Ala) gọziri pụrụ iche. Enwere ike ịtụgharị Olojo n'ụzọ nkịtị ka "Onye nwe ụbọchị ahụ". A na-ekpe ekpere maka udo na udo na Yoruba na Nigeria. Ndị ọgbọ niile na-esonye. Ihe ọ malitara bụ ijikọta ndị Yoruba.

Odinala na-ekwu na Ile-Ife bụ ebe obodo ndị Yoruba, obodo ndị lanarịrị, oche ime mmụọ nke ndị Yoruba, na ala ndị mgbe ochie.

 Edensibia 

 Olubunmi, AO The Rise and Fall of Yoruba Race 10,000BC-1960AD, The 199 Publishing Palace 
 Na Ijesa Racial Purity, The 199 Publishing Palace 
 Akinjogbin, IA (Hg.): The Cradle of a Race: Ife from the Beginning to 1980, Lagos 1992 (Akwukwo a nwekwara isi-okwu gbasara onodu okpukpere chi di ugbua n'obodo).
 Bascom, William: The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria, New York 1969 (Akwụkwọ ahụ na-ekwukarị gbasara Ife).