3840 x 5760 px | 32,5 x 48,8 cm | 12,8 x 19,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
13 mars 2020
Lieu:
Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria
Informations supplémentaires:
The staff (Opa) of Oranmiyan is a top tourist attraction. It is an architectural artifact, 5.27 meters-high, believed to be the staff used by Oranmiyan which now marked the spot of his grave, 200 meters away. According to the lore of Ile-Ife, Oranmiyan shortly before his death, struck the staff and commanded it to transform into stone. He himself walked into his chamber and just as the staff transformed into a pillar of stone, he and his horse upon which he sat turned granite too. The only people that must compulsorily see the chamber are his children whom he made kings in those kingdoms he fought and conquered. When a king passes away, the newly crowned successor must appear in person and enter the inner sanctum of the Oranmiyan shrine for a royal rite. This “Shrine of Kings” is reputedly a hallowed ground where any prayer said there is answered.
