Olojo is the festival of Ogun at Ile-Ife and it commemorates what Ife tradition holds to be the first day — the day the world was created, at Ife. Its central moment is the appearance of the Ooni wearing the Are crown, said to be the crown of Oduduwa himself, which is kept out of sight and worn once a year; the Ooni observes days of seclusion and ritual preparation before it, and the crown is held to be too heavy with power to wear for long. The town remains awake through the night, and Ogun's association with iron means the festival draws blacksmiths, drivers, mechanics and soldiers. The event is a demonstration of Yoruba kingship as a religious institution: the Ooni is not primarily a ceremonial figurehead but the holder of an office whose duties are ritual, and the fact that recent occupants have been Christians has not removed those duties.