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Orixás Ch 2 - The Dance of the Earth Part1

By: Viviana NohémiRodriguez
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2.1 The Dance of the Earth Orixás:

"The earth does not belong to man, man belongs wing land.
All things are connected, as well as blood unites us all.
Man did not weave the web of life, is just one of its threads.
Whatever he does to the web, make it yourself. "

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Orixás's Dance in the arts, contains several points of collision, to be fundamental and essential to locate the work within the element that is responsible for: land-water-fire-ether. Orixás classification according to the element of nature that corresponds to the ABC is acting as the backbone of their dances and technical characteristics that identify them.

Earth Element, along with the water, are essential components of our planet, and the conjunction of the five elements is that life evolves and progresses. Science tells us - and the Myths I have the Orixás for millennia - that life arose in the Water. He fits the role of Earth to maintain, sustain and make it prosper. Therefore, the earth is so related to fertility in all primary cultures that fighting against an alleged "progress" that is destroying it, kept their rites of reparation and gratitude.

The Yorubas are no strangers to these traditions, in contrast, are fully aware that the elements in different states, are living energies that require attention, repair and conservation of its natural balance, so that the demonstrations t5odas of life, minerals, vegetables, animals and humans, are still housed and nourished by them.

Although it is a feminine element, the vast majority of Earth Orixás are male:

EXU: Land of the magic, the power of transformation.
Ogum: Land of progress, achievement, technology, wars.
Oxossi: The land that provides the elements for human subsistence.
Omolu: The land of the epidemics, diseases and cures.
OSSAIM: The land of medicinal leaves and liturgical.
OXUNMARE: the land of the movements and cycles.

Other Orixás earth element involved are:


EWA: Virgin Huntress, land of mysteries.
LOGUNEDÉ: Son of Oxum and Oxossi, a hunter who lives in the forest while hunting and eating other fish in the River. NANA
Buruku: fusion of land with water, wetlands that generate life and death shelter. OKO
: agriculture Orixá
Erinle: Hunter
Oduduwa: The civilizing hero who founded Ile Ife and myths attribute the creation of the earth.
IROKO: Orixá of the forest, protector of the trees. BABA
egum E-IYA MI OXORONGÁ: Orixás but not ancient, so we are just linked to land.

As we are talking about the dances of each Orixá delve into the different types of soil, its merger with water and fire elements and dances that manifest.

Note: Based on the book "Candomblé, a Panela do Segredo" Pai Cido of Oxum, since being Orixás concepts, I refer to authoritative words.

Author: Viviana Rodriguez Nohemi - Sacred Dance Blaster Yorubas,

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