Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Photowalk and Oral Documentation of Osun Osogbo Festival

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This project intends to document the Osun Osogbo festival, a significant cultural event in Nigeria. It is an annual festival celebrated at the Osun grove in Osogbo, Osun State. The Osun Osogbo grove is one of the last remnants of primary high forest in southern Nigeria. The festival is a centuries-old celebration of the river goddess, Osun, and involves various rituals, performances, and processions. However, due to the passage of time and various socio-cultural changes, there is a risk of losing valuable aspects of this cultural heritage. The documentation project aims to capture the essence of the festival, preserve it for future generations, and raise awareness about the importance of cultural heritage preservation. This project intend to document all activities of the festival from the 'Iwopopo' (traditional cleansing) followed by 'Ina Olojumerindinlogun' (lighting of the 500-year-old sixteen-point lamp), the 'Iboriade' and the .

The documentary will use a combination of photographs, audiovisual footage, and interviews, to capture different dimensions of the festival. It will explore the history, beliefs, rituals, artistic expressions, and significance of the Osun Osogbo Festival within the broader cultural context.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

• Wikipedia
• Wikicommons

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

• Full name: John Joy
• Email address: johnjoyk15@gmail.com
• Location: Ibadan

Project class

Please state if this grant is for individual project or network/club project

• Individual

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

• Start date: August 3, 2023
• End Date: August 15, 2023

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

1. Add and improve contents
2. Upload on Wikicommons

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

I am doing series of photowalk, oral documentation of the festival and an upload session

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

Annoucement will be made on WUGN community WhatsApp group

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

I will be will be working with a team of photographers and a videogapher which we will communicate in a closed WhatsApp group

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify

User:Ogundele1

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

The team posses the required skills

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

I will introduce them to the WUGN community

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events - 1
2. Number of participants - 4
3. Number of new editors - 3
4. Number of of articles created or improved - NYD
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? The Wikipedia events outreach dashboard will be used to track this project metrics.

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

Ogundele1 - Project Lead/Facilitator

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

• Camera Rent - @5000 x 2 x 5days = N50,000
• Accommodation - @15,000 x 2 x 5days = N150,000
• Identity Tag - @500 x 4 = N2,000
• T-shirt - @5,000 x 4 = N20,000
• Feeding - @3,000 x4 x 5days = N60,000
• Internet Support - N20,000
• Logistics - N25,000
• Miscellaneous - N16,350

• Total - N343,350

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