Benin float of Oba Ohen, the father of Oba Ewuare N’Ogidigan, whom in Benin tradition is seen as the reincarnation of olokun, at the 2026 Rio de Janeiro carnival, Brazil 🇧🇷.
Edo Odion 🚀.....
Benin architectural mural design, Iguikhinmwin, Benin district, the mural designs were done on an altar stand erected to olokun - featuring art depiction like - the knott, ẹbén, ada, and cockerels.
📸;Thomas Northcote_1909-1910
Did you know!
In 1976, months before the Festac'77 celebration, the Nigeria Govt wrote to the British Museum to lend them the queen Idia mask to serve as the official symbol of the second Pan-African Festival and Culture, but the British Museum requested a deposit of £2M before they can hand over the queen idia mask to Nigeria on loan for the celebration, forcing Nigeria to use a replica made by Erhabor Emokpae for the celebration.
Did you know!
Benin Kingdom was the first African country to recognize Brazil as an independent state after it declaration of independence from portugal, Sept,7 1822. The Benin empire recognized Brazil as an independent country in July 1824, during the reign of Oba Osemwende.
@Chris_Okunns@Edocentric_ Coconut 🥥 head Naso una be normally, Dem nor dey wake person wey dey pretend to sleep 😴, That person fit sleep for 1000,000 years.
Did you know?
Around ca.1823, HRM, Oba Osemwende, Oba "emperor" of Benin Country, sent a skull and a sword to Oba Idewu the eleko of Eko, that the people of lagos no longer recognize him as ruler of lagos, and he should pick between the skull and sword, a tradition in Benin known as Zegbele
The sword and skull both represent two options...
- Skull - To commit suicide.
- Sword - To go to war with the Emperor.
Oba Idewu Ojulari recognized the skull and committed suicide through poisoning. After his death, his remains was brought to Benin for interment as it's the custom of the dynastic line of Eko, but Oba Osemwende rejected the idea of burying him in Benin, as those who died through suicide are considered unclean, Oba Idewu Ojulari was eventually buried in lagos. He was the first eleko to be interred in lagos, and succeeding eleko followed the new tradition.
I had my first PHYSIOTHERAPY SESSION at BMC (Benin Medical Care) today on my Bell's Palsy condition after the fatal accident I had on the 11th of November 2025 that almost took my life but God and ancestors came through.
By his grace, I'm getting stronger. God is the greatest. I appreciate the few people that supported me. Tu wa hia khian tor, wa ghi mi'uwu.
#EDOLITES ESOSA GIFT 📞 08107567417. Feel free to support your blood. Wa hia urhuese.
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