I have never thought of going to my hometown before when i was very young but i heard a lot of things about it from my parent since they grew up there and i have been anticipating for that day i will eventually, the way i have been hearing things about my hometown i know my experience there will surely worth the time i was going to spend there.
So the opportunity came for me when i was close to going to my hometown but before i go further let me introduce you all to my hometown which is “IDANRE”, a town in ondo state in the southwestern part of nigeria which is not very far at all to akure a capital of ondo state. When you enter idanre you will think you have entered into another world, there is something unique about idanre, the culture, food and music.
I was able to go close to idanre for the first time when i wanted to write my post utme exam in Federal university of technology Akure, and there i have relatives that are much there so staying in akure was an opportunity for me to explore idanre town. After the exam i still have a month which i planned to use there and that was when i started the tour around the town, i was taken around the town. I first went to the hill which was very high and has about 3000 feets high about sea level, looking at the hill from afar it is very tall and also beautiful to watch.
They told me the story behind the hill and i was so shocked hearing that but i felt interested more and we continue moving around, i know idanre people love farming but what kind of farming do they engage in mostly which makes them different from other farmers across the country. They are mostly into cocoa farming, let me say idanre is Cocoa heartland which is the biggest and top cocoa producing state in Nigeria. You see different farms everywhere and surely see cocoa plantation everywhere though they also engage in yam farming and also maize then cassava.
Different festivals are celebrated in my hometown and one of it is orosun festival and orosun is the goddess of children and fertility and it is celebrated around may when different family go to the hill and pray together, there are lot of festivals in idanre but i will just say the one i mentioned. Going into the food part in my hometown, there is one special food they use to take care of visitor and most house will say once in a while, it is pounded yam and there is this special soup i ate when i was there till now i always think of having that kind of food again but i know soon i will.
I am very proud of my hometown especially the culture, music and the language which is special and different from other state, a hometown that is unique which i will love to go again..
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