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When the first Oba's father came from the sacred Yoruba city of Ile-Ife, he brought two gods and their priests, Osa and Osuan. The Edo once believed these gods controlled the amount of rainfall, the heat of the sun, the strength of the wind and the fertility of the soil. Sacrifices were made to them to benefit the nation.

Here Osuan holds a wooden wand in each hand to show that a ceremony has been properly blessed. The sacrifice can begin.

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