Photos: Thousands celebrate Osun, goddess of fertility and water

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Thousands of people attend the yearly Osun-Osugbo Festival to celebrate and make sacrifices to the river goddess ‘Osun’ in return for fertility and good fortune.

A woman throws a sacrificial chicken into the sacred river during the Osun-Osugbo Festival in Osogbo, southwestern Nigeria, on August 17, 2018.
Thousands of people attend the yearly Osun-Osogbo Festival to celebrate and make sacrifices to the river goddess ‘Osun’ in return for fertility and good fortune. / AFP PHOTO
Photos: Thousands celebrate Osun, goddess of fertility and water
A priestess of the Osun shrine prays to the sky during the Osun-Osugbo Festival in Osogbo, southwestern Nigeria on August 17, 2018.
Thousands of people attend the yearly Osun-Osogbo Festival to celebrate and make sacrifices to the river goddess ‘Osun’ in return for fertility and good fortune. / AFP PHOTO
Photos: Thousands celebrate Osun, goddess of fertility and water
Devotees and participants gather in the sacred grove during the Osun-Osugbo Festival in Osogbo,…



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