| Sango Festival | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Festivals |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Venue | Palace of Alaafin of Oyo |
| Location(s) | Oyo State |
| Coordinates | 7°51′31″N 3°55′56″E / 7.8586108°N 3.9321151°E |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Years active | 1300 AD–present |
| Founder | Sango |
| Most recent | August 2022 |
| Next event | August 2023 |
| Participants | 20,000 |
| Area | Nigeria, Afro-Caribbean, Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Portugal, Cameroun |
| Organised by | People of Oyo State |
| Sango Festival, Oyo | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Reference | 01974 |
| Region | Africa |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2023 (18th session) |
| List | Representative |
Sango Festival is an annual festival held among the Yoruba people in honour of Sango, a thunder and fire deity who was a warrior and the third king of the Oyo Empire after succeeding Ajaka his elder brother.[1] Renamed in 2013 to World Sango Festival by the government of Oyo State, the festival is usually held in August at the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo and also observed in over forty countries around the world.[2]
- ^ Oluseye Ojo (2 October 2014). "Magic, thunder as tourists storm Oyo for Sango festival". The Sun. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "2 Day World Sango Festival". Afro Tourism. Retrieved 10 August 2015.