ÀwòránPhotographs

Odunde 2026

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Vendor tents with drums set out on the pavement below the Vision Theatre

Vendor tents with drums set out on the pavement below the Vision Theatre

An elder in white with a green sash high-fives a toddler on the painted plazaPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Members in white and green gather on Degnan Boulevard as the opening procession beginsPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

The procession moves down Degnan Boulevard led by a gángan drummer in whitePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Women in white with green and white sashes dance in the processionPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A gift is presented to the association's leaders at the openingPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A woman in white speaks into a microphone on the plaza below the Vision Theatre towerPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A woman in blue àdìrẹ and a blue gèlè speaks into a microphonePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A woman in blue àdìrẹ ties a green and white gèlè on a seated guestPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

An elder in white plays the gángan talking drumPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A dancer in a raffia skirt plays with a young girl, the masquerade beside themPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A raffia masquerade dances in front of the Àgbàlá Ọmọde tent while a man fans itPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

The raffia masquerade rests beside a food stallPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A tall cylindrical masquerade covered in yellow flowers stands between the tentsPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

An elder in a green and white gèlè and sunglasses smiles at the marketPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A man in a purple and teal print shirt and cap smiles on Degnan BoulevardPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A father in a purple and teal print holds his young daughter beside the art stallsPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

An elder in a pale aṣọ òkè agbada and cap smiles at a vendor stallPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A mother, daughter and son in matching festival dress smile togetherPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A mother crouches beside her toddler, who wears sunglasses in his stroller, at the STEM tentPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Elders in aṣọ òkè and lace rest at a round table under the Ọjà Balógun signPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Two women in gèlè listen to the Yoruba lesson beside the market stallsPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A whiteboard from the Yoruba class: the alphabet, vowels, consonants and the three tonesPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A mother and her two children play ayo and Ludo at the Àgbàlá Ọmọde tablePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Children at the craft tables in Àgbàlá Ọmọde with a Ludo board and paper craftsPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Children build with craft sticks at a long table lined with small blue robotsPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A toddler sits at a jewelry stall while the vendor reaches over the beadsPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A wooden ayo board with stones beside the Ayo Olopon rules cardPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A vendor in indigo àdìrẹ serves suya to a guest in whitePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A vendor shows cowrie necklaces to an elder in white agbadaPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A booth of indigo cyanotype prints and jewelryPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A vendor booth of cyanotype hangings, prints and jewelryPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Trays of necklaces and beads on black velvetPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Books on Ifá and Yoruba language laid out on a gold clothPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Beaded shekere gourds hang from a tent framePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Vendor tents with drums set out on the pavement below the Vision TheatrePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Bags of garri, lebu and plantain flour on a vendor tablePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

Bags of golden spice pap on a vendor tablePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A tray of akara under foilPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

The DJ works his mixer under the tent before the seats fillPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

The Odunde feather flag beside the plaza, the Vision Theatre behindPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

A volunteer sets the Ẹ Káàbọ̀ welcome sign on the plazaPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

The Àwọn Eré performances board: oríkì, gángan, gèlè, ijó ìbílẹ̀, igúnnukóPhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

The Ẹ Ṣé thank-you board with the donation QR codePhotographs: Red Carpet Films.

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These photographs show real people, including children. Here is how we credit them, how we ask permission, and how to ask for a photograph to be removed.

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