Tears Of Joy As Ooni Of Ife Arrives Bahia , The Yoruba Capital Of Brazil
Brazil shed tears of Joy as Ooni Of Ife , Arole Oodua , Kabiyesi Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi , this Sunday 19th . March arrived Salvador, the State of Bahia in Brazil
The spiritual head of Yorubas worldwide who arrived Brazil on the 18th Mar. through Saopaulo, was ushered a befitting reception by the government of Bahia and the Yoruba groups In Salvador , Bahia
Honored and highly received as the most important Monarch on Planet , Ooni was escorted amid heavy security to the parliament where Arole is expected to address members of the parliament and the representatives of Brazil Yoruba communities and groups in Bahia
According to Alhaji ( Dr) Musbah Akanni , the coordinator of sons of Oodua in Bahia , “ The visit of Ooni of Ife is like a father coming home to visit his children . This is one of the most important day in the history of Bahia . It’s tears of joy everywhere “ The coordinator reveals
Ancestrals gathered that Ooni will visit places of Afro descendants , the Arole Oodua will also have the Quilombo areas of Bahia officially recognized by the Yoruba monarch .
According to the organizing committee , Ooni of Ife will also address Afro organizations , Quilombo communities , Yoruba traditionalists and advocates of Yoruba culture and tradition in the state of Bahia
The Brazilian and Nigerian Yorubas who received the Yoruba Monarch at the Airport in Salvador , sang in Yoruba : “ Oba o Oba alase Oba ” meaning the Monarch is ruler and the authority .
