odun Edi

A festival held annually in the town of Ife in honor of the Yoruba heroine Moremi Ajasoro, whom is regarded as the mother of the Yoruba people; she served as a spy and aided the town in the defeat of their enemy the Ugbo, and her son, whom she sacrificed to save the town, and is a incarnation of a primordial divinity whom is associated with the figure (Ela).