Iyake Lake is the as it were recognized suspended/hanging lake in Africa – one of the as it were two within the world after the Hanging Lake in Colorado. It has been named as one of the captivating locales to visit in Nigeria as well as one of the seven ponders of Nigeria.
It is said to be bottomless and have gulped those who have attempted to discover its depth level.
Till nowadays, whoever enters the lake never comes out of it. It is said to be the most god of richness of the Mountain.
The villagers accept that beneath the lake exists another world that looks just like the soil, and whoever travels into that world by jumping into the lake will never be able to return to our possess world once more.
The Iyake Lake settles at the beat of a mountain called Ado Awaye. This lake never dries indeed in dry seasons, and the water level remains the same in down-pouring seasons. Other than the lake, the mountain has other ponders that make it an intriguing goal and noteworthy cultural legacy.
The History behind it is interesting. Its title, Iyake, implies “woman cry.”
It is said by the local people that, a desolate lady from Ota, Ogun State, moved to Oyó amid the antiquated Oyó Realm. She was adored by all, but her barrenness was derided by a few of the local people. Since she couldn’t handle the joke, she committed suicide by falling into the lake. Subsequently the title ‘Iyake lake’.
Since at that point, concurring to sources, the lake was accepted to remedy barrenness ever since the said lady fell and passed on in it.
Too, local people in that zone accepted that in the event that you supplicate with the water from the lake, bathe with it or drink it you won’t be desolate; it’ll remedy your barrenness in case you are lady who is yet to birth a child.
