I understand that Odunde is a Happy New Year festival in the Yoruba culture of Nigeria. In Philadelphia on the second Sunday of June the neighborhood near Grays Ferry in South Philly celebrates their own Odunde and Oshun festival. The festival – originated in 1960s founded by Lois Fernandez – includes a procession to the Schykull River to give offerings for Oshu (a deity in the Yoruba pantheon) and a vibrant street market with vendors, two stages with performances and scores of other street activity. This woman was drumming and giving the rhythm with a drum circle just off South Street.
Enjoy
L