During the Osun-Osogbo festival, it is an age-long tradition that a young virgin who is the Arugba must carry the sacred calabash to meet the Goddess of fertility at the sacred River Osun Grove. It is widely believed that there’s a link between the sacred calabash, the River Osun Goddess, and Arugba. Recall that the former Arugba Osun named Osuntomi Ewatomi got married last year in August after she had carried the sacred calabash for 12 years. A male priest carried the sacred calabash from the shrine to the River Osun forest during this year’s festival, which appeared to be a significant deviation from tradition. This time, a male, later identified as Adesina, the Osun Chief Priest, carried the calabash from the Palace shrine to the River Osun sacred groove.