The Osun-Osogbo Festival

People in the procession to the grove. During the Osun-Osogbo festival, the Arugba moves from shrine to shrine to perform certain rituals on her way to the grove closely followed by the Osun devotees. The Ataoja, his wives, high chiefs, and royal children follow, then the next group is the babalawos (herbalists) led by the chief babalawo. The last group consist of men, women, journalists, tourists, guests, performers and children.