{"id":12444,"date":"2019-05-06T17:38:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T17:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adf-magazine.com\/?p=12444"},"modified":"2019-05-15T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T18:10:09","slug":"le-festival-yoruba-rend-hommage-a-la-deesse-de-la-fertilite-et-de-leau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adf-magazine.com\/fr\/2019\/05\/le-festival-yoruba-rend-hommage-a-la-deesse-de-la-fertilite-et-de-leau\/","title":{"rendered":"LE FESTIVAL YORUBA REND HOMMAGE \u00c0 LA D\u00c9ESSE DE LA FERTILIT\u00c9 ET DE L\u2019EAU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE<\/p>\n<p>Chaque ann\u00e9e, des milliers de Yorubas se r\u00e9unissent pour c\u00e9l\u00e9brer Osun, la d\u00e9esse de la fertilit\u00e9 et de l\u2019eau. Le festival organis\u00e9 par ce groupe ethnique d\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest a lieu dans la for\u00eat sacr\u00e9e Osun-Osogbo au Sud-Ouest du Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Selon l\u2019UNESCO, qui d\u00e9signa cette zone comme site du patrimoine mondial en 2005, la for\u00eat dense des bosquets et du fleuve \u00ab est parsem\u00e9e de sanctuaires et d\u2019autels, de sculptures et d\u2019\u0153uvres d\u2019art rendant hommage \u00e0 Osun et \u00e0 d\u2019autres divinit\u00e9s \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Les pr\u00eatresses pr\u00e9parent des offrandes et des sacrifices \u00e0 la grande d\u00e9esse : un m\u00e9lange capiteux de poulets sacrifi\u00e9s, de poudre ocre, de chips et de gin. Des foules accompagnent Arugba, la jeune fille vierge dont le visage est couvert par un tissu \u00e9carlate brod\u00e9 de coquilles, vers le fleuve o\u00f9 vit l\u2019esprit de la d\u00e9esse de l\u2019eau.<\/p>\n<p>La croyance dans les dieux yorubas persiste, hors d\u2019atteinte des influences religieuses ext\u00e9rieures.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Je suis chr\u00e9tienne, musulmane et traditionaliste \u00bb, d\u00e9clare Ayodele Folasade, employ\u00e9e du mus\u00e9e d\u2019Osogbo. \u00ab Je prie Allah cinq fois par jour, je prie le Seigneur J\u00e9sus-Christ, mais je vais aussi adorer Osun pr\u00e8s du fleuve. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Les Yorubas disent que si nos pri\u00e8res ne sont pas exauc\u00e9es par un dieu, on peut essayer les autres, d\u00e9clare-t-elle avec un sourire. Les pasteurs et les imams disent que ce n\u2019est pas bon d\u2019avoir beaucoup de dieux, mais presque tout le monde se tourne vers Osun lorsqu\u2019ils ont besoin d\u2019elle. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Omitola Babaosha, visiteur du festival, d\u00e9clare qu\u2019il croit dans les dieux traditionnels, mais contrairement aux autres il ne le cache pas.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Je suis tr\u00e8s fier de mon h\u00e9ritage et je me moque de ce que les gens disent de moi \u00bb, d\u00e9clare M. Babaosha, qui porte une grande tunique blanche. \u00ab Vous pouvez croire en qui que ce soit, vous pouvez avoir une religion quelconque, mais en fin de compte vous avez besoin d\u2019eau pour survivre. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Chaque ann\u00e9e, des milliers de Yorubas se r\u00e9unissent pour c\u00e9l\u00e9brer Osun, la d\u00e9esse de la fertilit\u00e9 et de l\u2019eau. Le festival organis\u00e9 par ce groupe ethnique d\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest a lieu dans la for\u00eat sacr\u00e9e Osun-Osogbo au Sud-Ouest du Nigeria. 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The festival held by the West African ethnic group takes place in the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in southwestern Nigeria. According to UNESCO, which named the area a World Heritage site in 2005, the dense forest of the grove and its river \u201cis dotted with sanctuaries and shrines, sculptures and artworks in honor of Osun and other deities.\u201d Priestesses prepare offerings and sacrifices to the great goddess: a heady mixture of sacrificed chickens, ochre powder, potato chips and gin. Crowds accompany the Arugba, a virgin whose face is covered with a scarlet cloth embroidered with shells, to the river where the spirit of the water goddess lives. 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