Iwọ Popo
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
- 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.