Sacred Journeys, The Osun-Osogbo Festival Viewing and Q&A
Sun, Jan 14
|The Madison House
Viewing of the PBS documentary series, Sacred Journeys, depicting the pilgrimages to the Osun-Osogbo festival. The festival of Osun-Osogbo, which takes places every year in Osogbo, Nigeria, celebrates the Orisha of fertility, Osun.


Time & Location
Jan 14, 2018, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The Madison House, 1611 U St SE, Washington, DC 20020, USA
About the event
Join us for a special viewing of the PBS documentary series, Sacred Journeys, depicting the pilgrimage to the Osun-Osogbo festival. The festival of Osun-Osogbo, which takes places every year in Osogbo, Nigeria, celebrates the Orisa of fertility, Osun. The festival renews the contract between humans and the divine: Osun offers grace to the community; in return, it vows to honor her Sacred Grove. This ceremony is part of a rich indigenous Yoruba spiritual tradition that begin in West Africa and has become one of the ten largest religions in the world, with upwards of 100 million practitioners. The documentary will also feature the contributions made by Community Builders HDC's Osun's Village in Miami towards the preservation of Afro-Caribbean arts and culture will also be underscored in the film, helping solidify the city’s status as the international gateway to the Americas. The journey will culminate with the Osun's Village Miami Delegation…