*400 jostle for prize

By Chris Onuoha

The 2018 edition of the Queen Moremi Ajasoro  (QMA) Cultural Pageant  is around the corner.

*A potential pageant winner

With the sale  of form and registration  concluded, the famous cultural and heritage reawakening pageantry, in its 3rd edition and  sponsored by the House of Oduduwa Foundation, the Ooni of Ife’s palace among  others, is set to  showcase  the rich  culture  of the Yoruba race in accordance with  the Ooni’s mandate to develop the Oduduwa ancestral heritage through the deeds of the Amazon, Queen Moremi Ajasoro.

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This year’s edition will be held in Abeokuta, Ogun  State capital, in honour of  Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, wife of Ogun State governor who recently had  a history book “Moremi” dedicated  to  her by the Ooni, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, for her immeasurable contributions to the development of culture in Yoruba land.

About 400 participants indicated interest before the registration ended  on October 20 while the audition and selection of qualified contestants is to be handled by cultural experts  on October 29 and 30 in Ile Ife, Osun State.

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The cultural experts include Toyin Alausa (actress); Oba Oladapo Olafiranye; Morounranti Ashabi; Benny Charles Ukeje; Oba Abiodun Mulatto; Toyin Okewale-Sonaiya; Oba Michael Odunaya Ajayi and Oluwatoyin Bayegu, alias Sole Aroli. This will precede the ‘Edi Festival’ on October 31 heralding the colourful lighting of the torch at the statue of Queen Moremi Ajasoro, led by Oba Adeyeye.

There will also be a musical drama of  Queen Moremi, titled, “…the untold story of one of Afrca’s legendary queens”, produced and directed by Bolanle Austen Peters Production and showing at TerraKulture Lagos.

The drama will tell the epic story of the greatest queen of Ile Ife to date.

It starts from December 21, 2018 to January 2, 2019.