Iwọ Popo

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Yoruba

Etymology

From ìwọ +‎ pópó, ultimately from ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ wọ (to enter) +‎ pópó (street, junction, road), literally The act of entering into the roads.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ì.wɔ̄ k͡pó.k͡pó/

Proper noun

Ìwọ Pópó

  1. a sacred ritual held in the beginning of August that signifies the start of the Osun-Osogbo festival (ọdún Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo), it consisting of a traditional spiritual cleansing of the town and the roads.