Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Her movement reflects a wave that hits a reef resulting in a big splash, throwing her torso up and down. Mar 03, 2014 the dance of oshun is the most sensual. When we seek to yemaya in nature we have to look at sea. Fans, seashells, canoes, coral, and the moon all represent her. All of the paraphernalia mentioned is easily accessible to mediums, santeros and laymen at botanicas, or specialty shops. She oversees the waves and the myriad of life forms that call the ocean their home. It seemed fitting reading material to take with me to cuba to read from time to time as i work as an oyubona for the first time in the kariocha of a child of obatala. Yemaya y ochun kariocha, iyalorichas y olorichas lydia cabrera. They offer group lessons, private lessons, workshops, performances, and more.
Yemaya is the orisha of lakes and seas and the patron of women and of motherhood. This video shows a folkloric dance performance of the orisha oshun, a yoruba river deity, as danced today in cuba to the rhythms of the. Yemayas ache is nurturing, protective and fruitful. In the same way they build and or destroyed, offering blessings or removing them. According to the myth, she entered the forest wearing a belt of five yellow handkerchiefs and carrying a gourd. In cuba, the womb of salsa music, the yoruba religion was fused together with catholicism. Yemaya y ochun album version by india on amazon music. Check out yemaya y ochun album version by india on amazon music. Yemaya y ochun kariocha, iyalorichas y olorichas lydia cabrera from inside the book.
Search for other religious goods in west miami on the real yellow pages. Yemaya salsa dance company has been serving the sacramento community since 2000. Yemaya wears a headscarf, which is folded differently than that for oshun, and a crown above it. Offerings to oshun oshun goddess, kitchen witchery, orisha, book of shadows, pot. It is in this way that yemaya making offerings and sacrifices.
Olokun guards the tumultuous depths of the ocean, while yemaya protects the upper surfaces of the ocean where the light reflects and living things thrive. There are many orichas, but here are some that are considered important figures in the afrocuban pantheon. Orisha yemaya dance from cuba yemaya orisha, cuban salsa, dance news. Sep, 2009 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. River ocean featuring india love and happiness yemaya y. Yemoja is motherly and strongly protective, and cares deeply for all her. Calls honey, showing the sweetness of sex and life. Yemay y och n kariocha, iyalorichas y olorichas lydia cabrera. When olodumare finished creating the earth, he sat back and contemplated his work. Known as the goddess of the ocean, the mother of all living things and the guardian of mothers and children, yemaya is one of the most powerful orishas worshiped in santeria.
Marriage of oba nani and shango the yoruba religious concepts. See more ideas about orisha, oshun goddess and african goddess. What is lost can be reobtained with the help of yemaya. Jan 6, 2014 the seven african powers obatala, elegua, yemaya, oshun, chango, ogun, orula stay safe and healthy. Vinyl 12 river ocean featuring india love and happiness yemaya y ochun 1994, vinyl discogs. Yemaya meets orisa oko obatalas youngest phase on earth. The crests of the waves against the shores and rocks. See more ideas about salsa music, latin music, salsa.
Tremendo cumban, likely the first salsa and son band in hamburg. River ocean featuring india love and happiness yemaya y ochun. He laughs and shakes his arms and yemaya to sound her bracelets. I was one of the first salsa dance teachers in london in 1989, before it became the sport of a million suburban housewives. English all life started in the sea, the amneotic fluid inside the mothers womb is a form of sea where the embryo must transform and evolve through the form of a fish before becoming a human baby. These shops are very important as they also provide literature in the form of prayer books, and other materials such as candles, statues of saints, ointments and also because the shop owners are very knowledgeable about folk healing techniques and may. English all life started in the sea, the amneotic fluid inside the mothers womb is a form of sea where the embryo must transform and evolve through the. Canto a yemaya y ochun song for yemaya and ochun, 2001. Love triangle oshun, oggun and shango cubanallstar.
Kariocha, iyalorichas y olorichas coleccion del chichereku by lydia cabrera, 9780897297615, available at book. The 275 songs in this unique book are dedicated to different orisha and are. This upbeat track was played heavily in dance clubs internationally. While dancing, makes voluptuous movements to men with outstretched hands and jerky movements of the hips. Yemaya is as old as obatala and so powerful, it is said to be the most powerful. She is often syncretized with either our lady of regla which. Stuckonsalsa is washington dcs up to the minute salsa news network which includes calendars for weekly and upcoming events and lists of places to go salsa and bachata in washington, dc. Botanica yemaya y chango 6111 southwest 8th street miami, fl 33144 united states of america 3052677858. But, if the titles of any specific books occur to anyone.
Yemaya spins quickly around her own axis like a remolino, a whirlpool. It seemed fitting reading material to take with me to cuba to read from time to time as i work as an oyubona for the first time in the kariocha of a. Yemaya 30, ochun 39, orunmila 6, cierre eleguaechu 6 and cierre olokun 1. Yemaya makes her residence in lifegiving portion of the ocean although some of her roads can be found in lagoons or lakes in the forest. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Shango as the good son, listened to his father speak as he knew is was olodumare speaking through obatala himself. Marriage of oba nani and shango the yoruba religious. Her parents moved there shortly after her birth, moving in with her grandmother, a worldwise, cigarsmoking woman who was a key influence in indias life. Yemaya in english with contextual examples mymemory. I am interested in following the path of orisha, what do i. Ochun oshun is the youngest of all the orichas, according to most patakis sacred stories. On the orishas roads and pathways, obatala, odua, oduduwa miguel w ramos, ilari oba phd.
Ninos y orishas ochun oshun goddess, game of love, goddess of. She is associated with our lady of regla, the protector of sailors. The above quotes by cabrera and quiroga serve as useful points of entry. An introduction to the orishas social dance community. Story of ogun, shango and oshun according to the myth, oshun was the only orisha, or deity, to return oggun to the world after he had ventured into the forest to escape the annoyances of mankind. India, who was nicknamed such because of her fine facial features, began singing as a. My idea was to create a scene of mothers and children on a new york city stoop. Yemaya is just as much a loving mother orisha as she is a fierce warrior that kills anyone who threatens her children. During this time i had been reading various books on santeria. Cultural beliefs, dark pictures, orisha, spirit guides, book of shadows, dark beauty. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Yemaya is maternal, dignified and nurturing, the spiritual mother of all.
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