Venezuelan practitioners of the Yoruba Ifa tradition of Santeria are giving offerings to Oshun. Ifa is spreading. Originally practiced in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa, Ifa can now be found as far as Japan.
Did you know that AYA, not IYAWO, is the Yoruba language’s original word for wife? These days, the latter is utilized more frequently than the former. I’ll explain how Iyawo came to be. Wura, the first child and daughter of the King of Iwo (a town in Yoruba), was in the process of picking a bride and had to decide which one would be best for her.Like Sango, Ogun, and other well-known male Orisa, Yoruba Orisa traveled to Iwo to ...