What does it mean to be initiated into Candomblé? It is a rebirth in life, where you stop being an ordinary person and become an Omo-Orisa, a person initiated into the Candomblé Religion and have the Axé of the Orixá planted in your Orí. You become connected to the energy of the Orixá and its elements and liturgy. You become a living altar of worship to that divinity. Initial Period of Initiation (Rest and Purification) Several ebos of purification, satisfaction, and the present are made. All of this with the purpose of disconnecting the neophyte from his past and connecting the Iyawo to that process and pleasing the divinities that will be linked to the initiatory process and the life of the iyawo from that moment on. Within this process there are also ebos linked to ancestry. Second Period (Beginning of the Rites) The first step is to bathe in the Ebó waters of preparation for the Orí (Apoló, Anlodô - going to the river). In this rite, the person's hair begins to be cut to continue the break with his previous life and begin life for the Orixá. It is also in this rite that he returns with the water jug ​​full to place at the feet of the Orixá, representing himself as a lessé Orixá. Ebó Ikú (To ward off this Ajogun during the period of rebirth and in the life of the future Iyawo). From this moment on, within the philosophy of the Iyawo's gestation, he no longer wears common clothes, but rather the Borí Rite to please the head and prepare the Orí to receive the Orixá. Then there is the ritual of the Leaves to Sasanyin, to prepare the bath for the Iyawos and the hunkó to receive it. The Igbás are washed with the sacralized leaves and prepared. Third Period (Initiation) The scraping The placement of the various elements with their symbols After completing this rite, he enters the hunkó for the first time. After this, the Orixa of the Iyawo receives his liturgical sacrifice. After these rites, the iyawo must remain secluded for at least seven days inside the hunkó/hundeme. He must go through seven pefunré. During this period, the iyawo's day begins before sunrise with a sacred bath, prayers and the axé that he receives at dawn. Prayers are said referring to the sunrise and prayers said in reverence to the light of the candle or lamp that illuminates the night. The name of the Iyawo (Public celebration) At the end of everything, the Erupin (the final load) is done, where the elements used in the initiation process are returned to nature. Pana, which is the presentation of the terreiro life and returns to its life, but now with the steps of an initiate in Candomblé Oro Essé where permission is asked from Exú for the Iyawo to be able to leave the terreiro and for Exú to accompany him, protect him and give him paths. #Candomblé #TomOloore #HistoriandoAxé =================================== OUR CONTACTS ???? https://linktr.ee/tom_oloore ???? (21) 96563-8171 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Be a member of this channel and get benefits: / @historiandoaxe -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=