EPE News
Olu Epe Announces 2021 Epe KayoKayo Festival
- The festival will be held for one week, beginning on September 8.
Olu Epe of Epe kingdom, Oba Shefiu Olatunji Adewale and the Olu Epe-in-Council have announced the date for this year’s Epe KayoKayo festival.
As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, the 2021 edition of the festival has been scheduled to hold between 8-11th of September, in line with the customary timeline of the festival, which is celebrated during the first month of the Islamic calendar in commemoration of ‘Yaom-al Ashura’ the tenth day of Muhharram in the Islamic calendar, about a month after the Muslim festival of Eid-El-Kabir.
This was contained in statement issued by the Aremo of Epe Kingdom, Otunba TJ Abass on Monday, August 9, 2021.
In view of the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos State and other parts of the country, this year’s kayo kayo is expected to be tuned down and observed under strict adherence to Covid-19 preventive protocols.
Since inception, the kayokayo festival has become a veritable platform to promote the local economy, address some of the socio-economic challenges of the community and most significantly, to propagate our rich cultural heritage.
Olu Epe of Epe kingdom,Oba Shefiu Olatunji Adewale
The festival will be held for one week, beginning on September 8, the third day after Id-el-Kabir festivity, with a medley of activities being lined up.
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Highlights of the event include a Royal visit to Olu-Epe, the Tahjud night, Jummat Service, an Annual prayer at the palace, as well as a Drama performance at the Epe theatre, and of course, the Lighting of Etufu by Olu Epe of Epe kingdom.
This year’s Kayokayo, despite its suppressed design, is expected to draw first class dignitaries across Lagos State while also ameliorating the socio-economic and religio-cultural landscape of Epe Division.
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