Oya is known as a fierce warrior goddess and a strong. The male orishas are made up of different orishas that form our everyday life. Orishas a lo cubano lyrics, music, songs, sounds and. Orishas is a cuban hiphop group who began their dizzy ride on the wave of global. In the native religion of the yoruba people, orisha spelled ori. Orishas feat heather headley, represent cuba, dirty dancing 2 soundtrack, hey mi. Ori orisha know your personal orisha religion nigeria.
Here is an ancient perspective on physics and astronomy, using modern concepts. Agalluagayu, bi yaya or agallu sola which he is also known, is represented by earthquakes, the energy and core of the earth. Buy a cheap copy of powers of the orishas book by migene gonzalezwippler. If the orisha is in a good mood, his children those initiated to that particular orisha will joke and dance with the saint. The purpose of the this book is to present the major orishas of santeria in their syncretic identifications with some of the catholic saints. Their ashe is so powerful that when divining, eleggua often directs my clients to give one or both to the orishas. Everyone has a personal orisha that is attached to us to help us accomplished our task on earth but the level of attachment differs. This is a complete beginners guide to the history and culture of the afro cuban practice of santeria and a perfect introductions to the orishas. Ori orisha is the orisha in charge of your destiny. Inle has many attributes of a woman, dressing in the finest clothing and elegant. Orisha inle 12 the orisha who represents health and all medical healing, lives near the coastlines where the rivers and oceans meet. Acquire good luck through the powers of the orishas. In this manner, they were able to worship their deities under the very noses of the spaniards without danger of punishment. For devotees of orisha religions, these items represent and invoke sacred powers as emblems of particular orishas.
Led by joel pando, amenaza became the first rap group to address the issue of racial identity in cuban society. It is the knowledge of the laws and principles of atoms and electrons. Having the internal ability to heal a cut on your hand, or bringing forth physical realities from the unseen world, falls into her realm. These orishas contain different ashe power that help shift with the blessings of olofi, the situations that happen in our everyday lives. Eshu is the messenger god, acting as a link between humans and the yoruba deities orishas. Authenticity and authority in the shaping of the trinidad.
Murphy, the paul and chandler tagliabue distinguished professor of interfaith studies and dialogue. The yoruba pantheon consists of hundreds of gods, worshipped for an immense variety of purposes, each representative of some natural element or human emotion. It is number on the album which was released in 1999. The book has been divided into sections, each dealing with a specific orisha, the attributes, paths or aspects, necklaces, initiations, foods, herbs, legends, and other pertinent information about the particular deity. Advantage of knowing your orisha most people dont know their orisha but their are lots and lots of benefits knowing your orisha. Specifically, it explores how orisha participation in the masquerading tradition of the national carnival emerged as a source of controversy for the community during the 2001 carnival season. Nov 25, 2015 isogui, fruits for the orishas there are two types of offerings i love giving to the orishas. Herskovitz 1937 noted that indigenous peoples have been able to blend catholicism and native. Jahrbuch fur historische kommunismusforschung 2009, s.
Sacred arts of orisha traditions georgetown university library. This essay examines how power, authority, authenticity and orthodoxy are negotiated within the orisha tradition in trinidad. Initiates undergoing affiliation with an orisha are called iyawo, which also means brideagain, regardless of either the orishas or the devotees gender. The mind the mind of god expands the universe as above, so it is below. Powers of the orishas book by migene gonzalezwippler. As a final note of introduction to this discussion of santeria prayers to the orishas, i offer the following quote, which beautifully encompasses much of what i hope to make clear.
The orisha from internal to external this article is a followup to my initial article, the orisha article and an extended contribution to the orisha chapter in grasping the root of divine power. Apr 14, 2009 in my studies, i have come across many traditions, and many different deities in each that not only share similar attributes, but also similar colors, whether its heru of the neteru, shango of the orishas and amadioha of the alusi, or erzulie dantor of the loa, hetheru of the neteru, and osun. During the slave trade, the yoruba of southwestern nigeria who were brought to cuba were forbidden the practice of their religion by their spanish masters. She represents the qualities of regenerative healing and instant curing. Starting with elegua, the road opener who has the key to all the roads of destiny for man. In 1998, the members of amenaza traveled to paris to perform and accepted a record deal with a european label. Olokun by marisol iglesias olokun is an orisha in yoruba religion, associated with the sea. She is the goddess of storms and winds, and her realm ranges from. Agallu is the orisha that represents the nature and wrath of the volcano. Once we have a clear understanding of this law, we can use it to learn about the rest of. The song pays a tribute to compay segundo, a great cuban tres.
He is a very tall gigantic man who lives alongside the rivers. African orisha worship took place under the guise of catholicism. Sacred arts of orisha traditions features objects collected over nearly forty years by joseph m. Over the last half century, many black americans have begun practicing an african religion widely known as yoruba.
Prayers to the orishas introduction who owns your head. Download backstory preaching ebook in pdf, epub, mobi. See more ideas about orisha, religion and african mythology. The orishas archives the orisha the orisha the orisha. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Ashe, or ache, divination, deities, sacrifice, ceremony, chants, possession, and healing. If the orisha is in a bad mood or comes to punish someone. The spiritual tradition is older than christianity and islam, and it comes from the yoruba people of southwestern nigeria. In the native religion of the yoruba people, orisha are spirits sent by higher divinities for the. Yemoja yemoja is the great orisha mother who works through the second chakra, the sacral chakra. In my studies, i have come across many traditions, and many different deities in each that not only share similar attributes, but also similar colors, whether its heru of the neteru, shango of the orishas and amadioha of the alusi, or erzulie dantor of the loa, hetheru of the neteru, and osun of the orishas. The orisha is regarded as taking the male role, regardless of either the orishas or the devotees gender. Les orishas, ou orixas, sont des divinites afroamericaines originaires dafrique, et plus precisement des traditions religieuses yoruba.
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