#owambe

𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦 🪶 𝑌𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 evening 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡’𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠.ᐟ 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔.ᐟ 𝑀𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝘩 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑙 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑𝑠, 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝘩 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦, 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝘩𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦, 𝘩𝑖𝑚. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐼 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠 ...𝐺𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑜𝑦. 𝑂𝘩 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝘩𝑖𝑚 𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝘩𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑒. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝘩 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑌𝑒𝑡, 𝑚𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝘩𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔… 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟. 𝐴 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑤𝘩𝑜𝑚 𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝐴𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑜.ᐟ 𝐴𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛, 𝘩𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑, 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑙, 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟. 𝐴𝑙𝑎𝑠, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚𝑝𝘩 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙, 𝐼 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑑𝑑, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑤𝘩𝑜𝑚 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝘩𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝑆𝑜 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡, 𝘩𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐𝘩 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝘩𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦.

Yours in ink and intrigue,

Ojude Oba is a Yoruba festival held in Ijebu Ode, a town in Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria. It is held annually the third day after Eid al-Kabir.