Ife celebrate Odun Oranmiyan -As Ooni appoints Flabsy Travels and Tours consultant

ORANMIYAN was one of the seven sons of Okanbi, the only child of Oduduwa and reigned as the 6th OONI OF IFE. He was famed as a strong enigmatic leader who led his people into a path of greatness that lasted several centuries, leaving a heritage that last till today. His Cenotaph popularly known as OPA ORANMIYAN is in Ile Ife and is a Tourist destination. After several wars and conquests, and establishing the Benin and Oyo kingdoms he joined his ancestors . This great legend that has continued to shape the destiny of a race
deserves to be celebrated as a unifying force for the Yoruba people.
Oranmiyan is a unique name that has occupied a column of Yoruba history as a warrior, conqueror and legend.
An organisation committed to the development of Tourism in Nigeria, FLABSY Travels & Tours has received the approval of the Ooni of Ife, Alaiyeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade to organize a festival which would bring all Ife indigenes and the entire Yorubas at home and in diaspora like Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba United States of America etc. together and use the platform of the festival to identify and bring to the fore, a unique and binding tradition for the Yoruba people, utilise the platform to propagate Oranmiyan as a central figure in Yorubaland and explore all creative means to ensure that through the festival celebrations, Oranmiyan Staff becomes a Tourist haven, ensure that the festival is enlisted in the calendar of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation and the World Tourism Calendar, achieve a top-of-the-mind festival event for Odun Oranmiyan and create awareness for Ife indigenes at home and abroad use the platform to drive investment opportunity to Ile-Ife.
The event would be devoid of political affiliations or leanings such that every Yoruba man would be eager to attend yearly and attract corporate organizations that may use the festival opportunity to showcase their brands as well as compete for sponshorship of the festival to achieve optimum mileage and revenue generation.
The significance of Odun Oranmiyan cannot be over-emphasized, as it is the festival that will unite the people together. It is also a celebration of a deity and warrior of the Yoruba. Therefore, FLABSY Travels & Tours is determined to celebrate Odun Oranmiyan 2013 in August 2013 that people will want to be associated with the annual festival not just as Ife people, but as citizens of Osun and Yoruba in general. Oranmiyan is arguably the most deified of the whole Yoruba deities. He was only the Yoruba King who was confirmed to have established other towns, like Oyo and Benin, became their king and later returned to his abode and also became a king before his eventual transformation as denoted in the Oranmiyan Cenotaph.
The Oranmiyan Cenotaph is a renowned tourist centre that has drawn million of visitors to Ile-Ife and has continued to do same. The name has appeared in many cultural and historical books. Oranmiyan is a religion to many in Yorubaland as it is being worshiped while they visit the Cenotaph to pay homage and reverence to the deity.