Iwọ Popo

Yoruba edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ì.wɔ̄ k͡pó.k͡pó/

Proper noun edit

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.