Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and Prince A. Laoye Drums for Peace to Celebrate AyanAgalu.

The cradle of the Yoruba race was agog on Thursday, 30th June, 2022, as the Drummer of Peace and CEO of Aafin Ilu (Palace of Drum), Prince Adewale Laoye, honours the invitation of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife to grace the Ayan Agalu Festival 2022 as a distinguished guest.


The highlight of the festival was when Prince Laoye performed with his African talking drum, IYA ILU DUNDUN and coordinated all the drummers to 'Drum for Peace' He said, "As we all know, the Osun Gubernatorial Election is near and the General Election is also in some months time. This message is important for the citizens of Osun State and Nigeria at large. So, I'm charging you all to drum and sing this with me."

"Dibo ma ṣe ja, ogun kò nibo. Dibo rẹ ni rowo rose, torí ogun kò nibo" (Vote, not fight. Vote in peace, election is not war), he chorused, beating the drum.

After his performance, Ooni of Ife took up the IYA ILU DUNDUN and dazzled the audience with his drumming skills too. It was a beautiful sight to behold

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