Iwọ Popo
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ìwọ + pópó, ultimately from ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + wọ (“to enter”) + pópó (“street, junction, road”), literally “The act of entering into the roads”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ìwọ Pópó
- a sacred ritual held in the beginning of August that signifies the start of the Osun-Osogbo festival (ọdún Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo), it consisting of a traditional spiritual cleansing of the town and the roads.