Does Santería have Orishas?
According to Santeria teaching, the orishas are powerful but not immortal. They depend for survival on the sacrifice. Orishas can be perceived in the physical universe by initiates, and the whole community can share in their presence when they possess a priest during some rituals.
Who are the 7 Orishas?
Women ordinarily do not confer that initiation on men. Another common initiation is the intitiation into the Seven African Powers (Elegua, Obatala, Oggun, Chango, Yemaya, Oshun, and Orunmilla). Devotees from Cuba often replace Orunmilla with Babalu-Aye. The Seven African Powers are consecrated into one eleke.
What are the deities of Santería?
Santeria is polytheistic, revolving around deities called oricha, ocha, or santos (“saints”). The term oricha can be both singular and plural, because Lucumí, the ritual language of Santería, lacks plural markers for nouns.
What is Ashe in Santería?
“Ashe is a current or flow, a groove that initiates can channel so that it carries them along their road in life. The prayers, rhythms, offerings, taboos of Santería tune initiates into this flow” (Murphy, 1993, p. 131). In Santería, herbs are impregnated with ashe. The color of the Obatala conducts ashe.
What is the difference between IFA and Santeria?
Ifa gives greater access to all the Orisha; Santeria links a follower predominantly with one. Santeria is rife with Catholic influences; Ifa makes no such concessions. Many view Ifa as the deepest form of divination in Santeria, and the highest form of expression within Orisha worship.
Was Celia Cruz a Santeria?
Nonetheless, as Cruz often asserted, although many people assumed she practiced Santería—because of the subject material of her recordings and the fact that she was black—she never considered herself to be a devotee of this or any other Afro-Cuban religion; like most Cubans at the time, she was raised Catholic.
Who is the strongest orisha?
Ṣàngó
Ṣàngó is viewed as the most powerful and feared of the orisha pantheon. He casts a “thunderstone” to earth, which creates thunder and lightning, to anyone who offends him.
What does mano de Orula mean?
“Mano de Orula is a three-day ceremony that I went through. That is what the bracelet means. It is a process in which you find out your own individual destiny. You find out what your individual life is about, what it means, and then how you should live to fulfill that specific destiny.
What is the difference between IFA and Santería?
Is it ashe or Ase?
Ase or ashe (from Yoruba àṣẹ) is a Yoruba philosophical concept through which the Yoruba of Nigeria conceive the power to make things happen and produce change.
What does Ase stand for?
#1 (And the most widely known meaning)- Asé is a word of affirmation, similar to the word ‘Amen’ at the end of a prayer. It means, “Right on!” “Yes!” “I’m with you!” “I can dig it.” So when someone says something you like, say Asé loud and proud, for it is definitely not a meek and retiring word.
¿Cuáles son los orishas más populares en la santería cubana?
Los orishas más populares y conocidos en la santería cubana son los siguientes. Todas las imágenes que mostramos en esta página, son tomadas de internet. Representan de forma artística los orishas, inspirándose en sus características. Obbatalá es el orisha que representa la justicia, la salud, la pureza, la sabiduría, la verdad y la paz.
¿Cuáles son las características de los orishas?
Representan de forma artística los orishas, inspirándose en sus características. Obbatalá es el orisha que representa la justicia, la salud, la pureza, la sabiduría, la verdad y la paz. Es el mayor de los orishas, ocupando siempre el lugar más alto. Es un dios notable y respetado, dueño de la inteligencia y de los sentimientos humanos.
¿Quién es el dueño de los orishas?
Olofi u Olofin es el hijo de Olodumare y una de sus manifestaciones. En la santería cubana se le sincretiza e identifica con el Cristo de la religión católica. Olofin (que significa dueño del palacio o dueño del cielo), con sus poderes creó posteriormente los Orishas para estar en contacto indirectamente con los hombres, los dirige y los supervisa.
¿Dónde se practica la santería?
Los cubanos al emigrar a otros países, han llevado con ellos la práctica de la santería, que ahora se puede encontrar en Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Miami y otros lugares. La religión yoruba es originaria de Nigeria y países a su alrededor en el África occidental, donde se practica desde hace más de 12 siglos.