Ifę shrines
Date
1969
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Ife: University of Ife Press,
Abstract
Öràmfê; Ooduà shrine; Olókun shrine; Omitótó-ösé shrine; Obàtálá shrine; Yemòó shrine-İta yemoo; Orèlúré shrine; Olofęfunra shrine; Ęlêfôn-Èrekòşéjú shrine; Olüorogbo shrine; Elésue shrine; Băbáșigʻidi shrine; Odàlüfôn shrine; Ogun shrine Ôkë mògùn; Ogun Láàdin shrine; Éșů Qbasin shrine; Òkė-Itasę home of Ifá Qrúnmilà; Obamerì and Qbågèdě shines; Èsidále shrine; Òrişätęko ìjùgbê and Òrişà-akirè shrines; Örànmíyàn and Eédè shrines; Mọrēmi shrine and the Èsinminrìn stream
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This write up is based on the notes which was compiled for the University of Ifę Women's Group when they asked to be taken round the shrines and other places of interest in Ile-Ifę on I3th of February 1968, under the leadership of Mrs. E. Oluwasanmi. Besides briefly telling the stories of some of the numerous shrines in Ife, the following pages also give an account of other places of interest in the Ancient City, which may appeal to all who are interested in the things of old.
Moreover, the booklet is presented as an introduction to the city, expressing on behalf of all her citizens, a welcome to visitors to Ifę. For, with the gradual settlement of the University of Ifę on its home site, Ile-Ifę is rapidly becoming her old self, and, with the progressive achievement of the University's vast programmes of research, planning, development and building, Ifę may claim, or soon claim, to be assuming a new self, a new personality in which the heritage of the past will be wedded to the achievements of the present, and which will ever extend to her friends from all over the world a hand of hearty welcome.
Some of the shrines of the city are under lock and key and visitors are not allowed to go inside unless certain sacrifices are made one or two days previously, both in the interest of the visitors and of the custodians themselves. Therefore, visitors who wish to see the inside of such shrines should be prepared to foot the sacrificial bill.