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Songs of Orisha Ogum (Candomblé) - Compiled 1h50 with Lyrics, in the Ketu nation. Ogum (Ògún) is a Yoruba deity, patron orisha of all metal instruments and war. He is traditionally associated with all human activities that depend on the use of tools: mechanics, engineers, farmers, soldiers, metalworkers, goldsmiths, carpenters, builders, carpenters, barbers, butchers, surgeons, all are under the protection of Ogum who, by extension, becomes regent of all types of work performed by the hands of Man, being the orisha associated with evolution and technology. For this reason, the physical representations of the orisha will always be metal instruments, whether those used to cultivate the land - machete, hoe, sickle, rake - or those used for work in forges - anvil, hammer, scissors, tongs, chains, in addition to the symbolism of the ofá (bow and arrow), since Ogum is also considered the first Odé, or hunter, and his first wife was also a hunter. Rude, conquering, angry, violent, pioneering, virile, Ogum was responsible for wars, deaths, disputes, fights, disputes over territories, unmet demands, ardent passions... he lived intensely, his fame reaching many places in Africa wherever he went. In his comings and goings along the roads, often in the company of his brother Exu (Ogum Megê), he explored and fought in many places, always dressed in a rudimentary way with shredded palm leaves (mariwô), often bathed in the ejé (blood) of his enemies, and carrying his powerful obé (machete) or his infallible idá (sword). He was a hunter, warrior, fisherman (Wares), blacksmith (Alagbedé), goldsmith (Omenen)... He finally became king in the city of Irê, from where his title of Onirê (Lord of Irê) comes from, but he refused the Adê, the traditional crown with fringes of the Yoruba kings, preferring it for the Akorô, a warrior's helmet, which is why he also has the epithet of Alakorô (Owner of the Helmet). His main offerings are yam, an ancient root closely linked to land cultivation, and black beans, which are used to make the famous Ogum feijoada, offered by many Candomblé and Umbanda temples during the festival of this beloved orisha in Brazil. In Africa, where his cult is also still very strong, his main votive animal is the dog, much appreciated for the oldest quality of Ogum that helped Oxaguiã in the war in his kingdom, Ejigbô, and for this reason he wears white and is called Ogunjá (Ogum who eats dogs, literally). In Brazil, however, the animals offered to Ogum are the goat, the rooster, the pheasant and the pig.