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ABADÁ - White or colored vest, with wide sleeves worn, by the Yorubás.
ABBOT - Part of the dress of the Orixá Oxum.
ABALÔ - Name given to Oxum when playing with the fan.
ABARÁ - Cake made with bean paste, onion, dried shrimp, salt, rolled with banana leaves and steamed in hot water.
ABAMA - Terreiro de Candomblé that follows the precepts of the Angola nation.
ABATÁ - Footwear or any type of footwear.
ABÊ - Taken as Badé's twin sister, female vodum worshiped in Maranháo.
ABEBÊ - Fans of Oxum and Yemanjá, being the one of Oxum in gold metal and the one of Yemanjá in silver metal.
ABIAN - Name given to the initiate in the cult of Orixás that has not yet received any kind of obligation.
ABICUN - A child who dies soon after birth to torment parents, being born and reborn indeterminately.
ABIODUN - Title of one of Obás de Xangó.
ABÔ - Bath of sacred herbs of the Orixás.
ABOMI - One of the names attributed to Oxum and Xango in water-related cults. Abomi wants to say to the Orixá: accept water.
ACAÇÁ - Food or food of the Orixás. Cake made with white corn or rice flour, cooked in water, without salt and wrapped in banana leaves. is votive food of the Oxalá, but can be offered to any other Orixá.
ACARAJÉ - Cake made with beans, onion, dried shrimp, salt, and fried in palm oil.
ADARRUM - Touch of the Orixá Ogum.
ADARRUN - Fast and continuous touch of the atabaques to call the Orixás in the heads of the children of santo; to force the gods down.
ADÉ - Man with feminine gestures, effeminate man.
ADIÊ - Chicken prepared for sacrifice to the Orixás.
ADJÁ - Small ceremonial bell. Metal bell with two or more mouths touched by the father or mother-of-saint, in the ritual ceremonies in order to facilitate the trance of the children of santo.
ADOBALÉ - Name given to the act of lying on the ground to be blessed by the Orixá.
ADOCHU - Name attributed to initiates in the cult of Orixás, and also name of a small cone made with herbs and other axes.
ADUN - Oxum food made from roasted and ground corn, with a little palm oil and honey from bees.
ADUPÊ - Bode.
AFOMAN - One of the names of Orixá Omolu, in Candomblés, Bahia. Drift of Afomó; contagious, infectious.
AFOXÉ - Ritual of folk worship, very widespread in Bahia.
AGANJU - One of the qualities of Xangó in Brazil. In Yoruba it means desert.
AGÉ - Person who does not understand the Ritual.
AGODÔ - One of Xango's qualities in Brazil.
AGOGÔ - Percussion instrument made of bells that mark the Orixás´ touch.
WATERS OF OXALÁ - Ceremony of purification of the terreiro. This ceremony marks the beginning of the cycle of liturgical feasts in Candomblés of origin Yoruba and Jêje in Brazil.
AGUÉ - Name of a Jêje vodum, which corresponds to Orixá Ossayn.
AGUERÊ - Dance of Yansá.
AGUERÉ - Dialed tone with 2 variations: one for Oyá, another for Oxoce. is known as a "puzzle".
AGUIDAVIA - Varipes of cipó, guava, quince, or ipê used to touch atabaque.
AIÊ - The land, the soil, under the dominion of Obaluayê.
AIRÁ - Old Xango - One of Xango´s qualities.
AIUKÁ - Bottom of the sea, for the Banto people.
AJAPÁ - Tortoise, tortoise. The sacred animal of Xango.
AJÉ - Sorceress.
AKÁ - Band used to tie in the chest of the mediums incorporated.
AKEPALô - Priest.
AKESSAN - One of the names of Orixá Exu.
AKIKÓ - Rooster.
AKIRIJGEBÓ - Going from Candomblé.
AKOKEM - Chicken D'angola.
AKUKÓ - Same as Akikó - Rooster.
ALÁ - God for the Dahomeans of the Jêje nation.
ALABÉ - Leading drummer in the terreiro. The one who sings Candomblé points.
ALAFIM - One of Xango´s qualities.
ALAKETO - Nation of the Yoruba-Nagó people.
ALFANGE - Object similar to a sword.
ALIBÃ - Police.
ALOJÁ - The ritual dance of Xango.
ALOYÁ - Mrs. Oyá. The same as Yansan or son of Oya.
ALUÁ - Drink made with corn or rice flour, fermented in water with fruit peels, ginger and a little sugar. is served in the candomblé terreiros, mainly to Caboclos.
ALUAIÊ - Jêje Nation - Angola.
ALUBOSA - Onion.
ALUFAM - The same as Olufóm, Lord of the city of Ifóm, which Oxalá most cultured.
ALUJÁ - Special drum beat for Xango.
AMALÁ - It is part of Xangó's sacred cuisine. Food made with okra.
AMOBIRIM - Woman who did not marry, single woman.
ANA - Same as yesterday.
ANAMBURUKÊ - One of the names of Nana Burukê, the oldest of all Orixás.
ANGOLA - Region of southwestern Africa, where black slaves came to Brazil, bringing several Bantu dialects such as Kimbundo, Embundo, Kibuko and Kikongo.
ANGORÔ - In the Angolan nation, it means quality of Oxumarê.
AôBOBOI - Greetings from Orixá Oxumarê.
APAOKÁ - Orixá da jaqueira, for being very cultured in her.
APARÁ - One of the qualities of Orixá Oxum, when presenting with a sword.
ARÉ - Worship of Orixá Ogum in Nigeria.
ARÊ - Streets and Crossroads.
ARESSA - One of the 12 ministers of Xango.
ARIAXÉ - Ritual bath with sacred leaves
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BABA - Father.
BABA - Expression used to greet Oxalá.
BABALAÔ - The priest of the cult of Ifá. That is, the one who has the secret. It is said of the person who can see through the game of Opelê-Ifá (game of wúzios).
BABALORIXÂ - Leader priest. You can only reach this position after seven years of being made holy. Same as Father of Saint.
BABALOSANYIN - Person (with special preparation) in charge of harvesting the sacred herbs of the Orixás.
BABA KEKERÊ - Same as Little Father.
BACO - Sexual act.
BALLET - Cemetery, home of the Eguns.
BALUÉ - Bathroom, bathroom.
BARÁ - Name of Exu that protects the body.
BOAT - Name given to the group of daughters and sons of santo initiated at the same time.
BARRACãO - Where the ceremonies take place.
BARRAVENTO - Slang that defines the momentary imbalance that the children of saints suffer before the incorporation.
BARU - Name given to violent Xango, linked to fire and sometimes to Ogum.
BATETÉ - Food of the Orixás.
BOBÓ - it is food of the Orixás.
BORI - Animal sacrifice, ceremony, first stage of initiation.
BRAVUN - Touch of the atabaques, sonorized in order to call various Orixás. it is also the dance of Oxumarê.
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CABBAGE - Fruit of the cabaceiro used in various forms, and in various rituals.
CAUCHA - In Bahia, caÇ ute is a species of Oxalá.
CALIFÃ - Ritual dish with 4 shells, where confirmation is requested from the Orixás in certain rituals.
CALUNGA - Term that designates a kind of entity of the Yemanjá line. It can also mean Cemetery (Little Calunga) and sea (Calunga Grande).
CAMARAN-GUANGE - In the Angola nation, it is a species of Xangó.
CAMBONA (O) - Sacred assistant of the rituals of Umbanda.
CAMUTUÉ - Head of the sons of the saint.
CANDOMBLÉ - Name that defines Afro-Brazilian cults of Jêje, Yoruba or Bantu origin.
CAÔ - Salute to Xangó.
CAPANGA - A kind of bag that the Orixas use to carry their paraphernalia.
CARRIAGE - It can be an order, an obligation or any kind of negative charge.
CARURU - It is Ibíji food, made with okra, chicken, salt and palm oil. It can also be a type of edible herb, with a taste similar to spinach.
CATENDÉ - For the people of Angola it is a kind of Ossayn.
CAVARIS - Shells of Africa, Búzios, instrument by which consultations are made to Ifá.
CAVIUNGO - Inkice corresponding to Omolu of the Yorubás.
CAVUNJE - Moleque.
CAXIXI - An instrument used in cults to accompany the songs. is made with braided wicker, and they have some seeds inside.
CINCAM - Same as "no".
COITÉ - Fruit that split in half, serves as a container to serve drinks to the Orixás and cult participants.
COLOBÔ - Exu.
COLOFÉ - Abstraction.
CONCICAM - The same as "yes".
CONGO - Angola-Congo Subdivision. Congo is the nation of Bantu people.
CURIMBA - The songs performed, in Umbanda.
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DÃ - The same as Oxumarê.
DAGH - Daughter of an ancient saint in the house, in charge of dealing with the Exus.
DAMATÁ - The same as Ofá.
DANDÁ - Type of root, used in the Orixás cults for its various uses, is better known as dandy of the coast.
DANDELUANDA - Yemanjá in the Bantu culture.
DAOMÉ - Same as DAHOMEY, former name of the present Republic of Benin in Africa.
DECIÇA - Siding mat.
DELONGÁ - Dish.
DELONGA - Drinking mug, mug.
OFFICE - Some ebó that offers itself to the Orixás in exchange for getting what one wants. The dispatch is done outside the terreiro and usually involves burning of gunpowder and holocausts.
DAY OF GIVING NAME - is the day of the feast of Orukó, realized after the initiation of a Yaó, when the Orixá says its name in public.
DJINA - Name given to initiates in the cults of Bantu origin and that will make known by the community. As the name should not be pronounced in vain, it is called the name by Djina.
DOBALÉ - It may be a greeting between female orishas or the act of hitting the head.
DEBURÚ - Popcorn.
DOUM - According to legend Yoruba was the name of Exu as a child, for having a strong resemblance to the Ibejis (children).
DUDÚ - Black in Yoruba.
DZACUTA - The one who throws rocks. is also one of the qualities of Xangó in Brazil.
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EBÁ - Order made to Exu.
EBÓ - Any and all ritual food offered to the Orixás, regardless of whether it is to please the Orixá or to serve as an order, for example.
EBÔMI - Internship reached by Yaó after seven years of apprenticeship.
EBÔMIN - Daughter of a saint who fulfilled the initiation.
ECHÉ - Offering made with the viscera of the consecrated animals to their respective Orixás.
EDAM - The snake of Oxumarê.
EDÉ - Nigeria's City Cultivating Eguns.
EDI - Anus.
EDU - Coal.
EFÓ - it is Ogum food, made with caruru and herbs.
EMF - Drawings made with chalk in the initiates' body.
EFUM - Manioc flour.
EGÊ - Blood of animals, the same as "xóxó".
EGUNGUM - Bone. It refers also to the spirits of the ancestors.
EGUNITÁ - Quality of Yansá.
EGUN - Soul, disembodied spirit.
EIRU - Mocotó or ceremonial oxtail.
EJÁ - Fish.
EKÊ - Pretending, lying.
EKEDE, EKEDI - Same as Cambona (o).
EKÓ - Species of acaÇ á offered to all orixás and, mainly to Eguns.
EKU - Death.
ELEDÁ - Lord of the living. Entity that governs the material body. One of Olorum's titles. It can also be the first Orixá of a person's head.
ELEDÊ - Pig.
ELEGBÁ - Vodun worshiped in the Yoruba nation, corresponding to Exu.
ELEGBARÁ - One of the titles of Exu, that means Lord of the Force.
ELUÔ - Diviner.
EPA-BABÁ - Greetings to Oxalá-Guiá.
EPARREI - Greetings to Yansá.
EPÔ - Palm oil.
EPOJUMA - Sweet olive oil.
EPONDÁ - One of the qualities of Oxum.
WERE - it's meat.
ERÊ - Infantile spirit that incorporates after the Orixás, in order to transmit messages to Yaós. When it is collected a week is incorporated by Erê.
ERILÉ - Pombo.
ERREXIM - Horsetail. is also a metal object attributed to Yansá. This ponytail is used by Yansan to ward off the souls of the eguns. Gift given to her by Orixá Oxoce.
ERUQUERÊ - Animal tail.
ETABA - Cigar, cigar.
ETU - Chicken D'Angola.
ETUTU: Pray for witchcraft.
EWÁ - Number ten.
EWÊ - Folha.
EXÊ-Eê-BABÁ - Ceremonial greeting for Oxalá.
EXU - Orixá of communication, lord of the ways. is the first to be revered in rituals and works both for good and evil.
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FÁ - Divinity corresponding to Ifá, Orixá of wisdom and divination.
MAKING HEAD - Ritual of initiation that aims to make the person able to incorporate the Orixá.
FIBO - A quality of Oxoce.
FIFO - Kerosene lamp.
FILÁ - Hood made with straw from the coast that covers the Orixá Obaluayê.
FON - One of the tribes that brought the Jêje culture to Brazil, which voodoo.
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GANGA - Exus.
GANGA-ZUMBÁ - He was one of the most famous warrior chiefs who sheltered fugitive slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares. He was one of the most respected in that community, so he had all the honors, he was treated like the king of the slaves.
GÉGE - The same as Jêje or Jeje, a tribe with its own dialect from the ancient Dahomey. Same Tribo that implanted the voodoo cult in Brazil. Nowadays they have merged with their traditional enemies, the Yorubas, who here take the name of Nagós, forming, then, a branched tribe, the "Jêje-Nagó-Vodum".
GONZEMO - Altar of the people of Angola.
GU - It's the Ogum of the Nation of Gege.
GUDUPE - A word used to describe any four-legged animal.
GUEDELÉ - Masks used in witchcraft rituals.
GUERÊ - Quality of Yansá.
GUÉRRE - Cassava flour used in food preparation.
GUIA - Bead wire used in Afro-Brazilian rituals. Most of the time these guides correspond to the Orixás of the Son of Saint.
GUIAME - Orixás necklace.
GUINEA - Leaves used in rituals.
GUM - Same as "GU", the corresponding vodum for the Dahomeans, to the Ogum of the Yoruba.
GUNOCÔ - Orixá of the lineage of Ogum that inhabits the forests.
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IÁ - Mother.
IALORIXÁ - The supreme in a saint's house. The same as a holy mother.
IANSI - Name of the female Orixá that controls the winds, lightning and storms. She was one of Xangó's wives, and also the most faithful of them.
IAÔ - Daughter of a saint who experiences trance, or initiated in seclusion; the same as iyaó.
IBARU - One of 12 qualities of Xango, Xango with connection with fire.
IBÊJI - Orixás children who when incorporated are called Erés.
IBI - Caramujo that is offered in dishes sacred to the orixás, mainly Oxalá and Ogum.
IBIRI - The Scepter used by Naná, with one of the curved ends. Naná dances with him just as his mother does. According to some Yoruba legends, this gesture represents repentance for having abandoned Omolu, his son.
IBUALAMO - Oxoce that had a relation with Oxum, when it was attracted by her to the river, generating with her the son Logun-Edé.
IDARÁ - Xangó Stone.
IDÓ - Bathroom.
IDOKÊ - Pemba powder used to do evil.
IFA - God of divination and wisdom who guides those who consult him.
IGEXÁ - Dialed ring for Oxum and Logun. is also the name of a nation practically extinct, but that brought the Igexá culture to Brazil.
IJIMUN - One of the qualities of Oxum that has a connection with witches Iyámi Oxorongá. The Oxum that with the breasts nourishes and transmits life from the mother to the son. Oxum that enchants with the mother's milk.
IKÁ - Fulfillment of the sons of santo to the male Orixás.
ILÁ - The cry of the Orixás manifested.
ILÊ - House of Candomblé.
ILÊ ABOULA - House that erects Egungum.
ILU - It can mean life or the name that the atabaques receive in some houses of santo in the northeast.
INAH - One of the names of Yemanjá, in the Bantu cults.
INCÔSSE - The Orixá of the Bantu culture, which corresponds to Ogum.
INKICE - The same as Orixá in the cults of Bantu origin.
INLÉ - Another name of Orixá Oxoce.
INSABA - Sheets
IÓ - Sal.
IPETÉ - Oxum food.
IROKO - White gameleira, home of the Orixás. is also the name of Orixá Funfum, son of Oxalá, worshiped in the white gameleira, in Nigeria, because it is not worshiped in Brazil.
ITÁ - OTÁÁ - Sacred stone of the Orixás.
IXÉ - Place in the houses of worship, where are the settlements of the shed. It represents the direct connection of Orum with Ayê.
IYÁ - Mother.
IYÁ BASê - Woman in charge of preparing the food of the Orixás.
IYA KEKERÊ - The same as a small mother.
IYALAXÉ - Woman who takes care of the axé altar.
IYALORIXÁ - Mother of santo.
IYAMI OXORONGÁ - is the main one of the Iyá Mi Ajé, that means: My mother sorceress. is the most powerful of all, has the female force equivalent to that of Exu. It is a very respected and feared entity. Her cult is extremely feminist, since Iyami does not allow herself to be worshiped by men.
IYÊ - Mother.
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JÁ - Briga, luta.
JACUTÁ - Atirador de pedras. No Brasil, recebeu a conotação de qualidade de Xangô.
JAGUN - Guerreiro. é também uma das qualidades do Orixá Obaluayê.
JANAÍNA - Um dos nomes de Yemanjá.
JARRÁ - LUÁ - Bebida dos Orixás.
JEJE - Tribo da cultura Ewefon, introduzida no Brasil através do tráfico de escravos vindos do Dahomey.
JIKÁ - Ombros.
JOLOFÔ - Coisa inútil ou pessoa tola.
JONGO - Ritual folclórico dos negros Yorubás.
JURÁ OLUÁ - Santuário.
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JÁ - Fight, fight.
JACUTÁ - Stone sniper. In Brazil, it received the quality connotation of Xangó.
JAGUN - Warrior. is also one of the qualities of Orixá Obaluayê.
JANAÍNA - One of the names of Yemanjá.
JARRÁ - LUÁ - Drink of the Orixás.
JEJE - Tribe of Ewefon culture, introduced in Brazil through the traffic of slaves coming from Dahomey.
JIKÁ - Shoulders.
JOLOFÔ - Useless thing or foolish person.
JONGO - Folk ritual of the Yoruba blacks.
JURÁ OLUÁ - Sanctuary.
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KABULA - Tribe Bantu predominant in the Holy Spirit, that for being very distant, gave origin to the word encabulado.
KAJANJÁ - The same as Omolu.
KAMBALÃNGWÁNZE - Orixá corresponding to Xangó.
KATENDE - Same as Ossayn.
KAWO KABIESILE - Salute to Orixá Xangó.
KELE - Initiate necklace. Tie made with beads and firms, in the colors of the Orixá to which it is dedicated, and placed in the Yaós during the making to be used during the shelter.
KETÚ - Yoruba Tribe, which kept its culture intact, rooted, among Brazilians. He kept the traditions to rituals and songs, even with the language of broad vocabulary that allows perfect communication between those who dedicate themselves to his learning.
KYXIMBI - Same as Oxum.
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LAQUIDIBÁ - Species of a necklace made with roots or horns of buffalo, widely used in Nigeria, around the navel, to protect children from diseases. In Brazil, it is used as a guide (in the neck) consecrated to Omolu, the lord of diseases.
LAROIÊ - Brazilian greeting to Exu.
READ - The smallest of the atabaques.
LE - Yoruba particle meaning (+) more.
LEBÁ - Exu.
LEBARA - Exu, in his aspect of "Lord of the Force".
LEMBÁ - Oxalá.
LEMBADILÊ - Saint from home.
LODÔ: On the river.
LUGUN EDÉ - Orixá son of Oxum and Oxoce, who inherited the characteristics of father and mother. In this way, both you can have your worship in the river, and in the land. is, six months male, where he lives in the forest hunting and six months female living in the river with his mother Oxum.
M
MAI - Subdivision of the Gêges nation.
MAIONGÁA - Place in the houses of worship, destined to the bath.
HAND OF OFÁ - Person responsible for collecting leaves for rituals.
MARACÁ - Indigenous musical instrument.
MARAFA - CachaÇ a.
MARIWÔ - The leaf of the shredded palm tree that lines the entrances of the houses of worship to the Orixás.
MAZA - Water.
MEGE - Number seven.
MEJI - Number two.
MIAM-MIAM - Food of Exu.
MIWÁ - One of the names of Oxum, that is to say Mother-Lady.
MOCAM - Tie of the Orixás.
MOILA - Sail.
MUGUNZÁ - Food made with cooked white corn, milk, coconut milk, salt, sugar, cloves and cinnamon.
MUKUMBE - Same as Ogun.
MUKUNÃ - Hair.
MUTALOMBO - Same as Oxoce, in Bantu origin.
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NADABULÊ - Sleep.
NANÃ - Vodun Jêje assimilated by the Yorubá culture, now worshiped in all ethnic Ketu houses in Brazil.
NANAMBURUCU - Orixá Naná in its aspect of connection with death.
NCÔSSE - Same as Ogum.
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OBÁ - (min) Title of the "shepherds" of Xangó. (mai) Orixá Obá, the goddess of love and African mermaid, Xangó's third wife.
OBA - King.
OBÁ XIRÊ - Obá that plays.
OBALUAIÊ - Orixá of endemic diseases and epidemics, because it has great healing power over diseases.
OBATALÁ - Orixá of the peace that was delegated to begin the creation of the world. However, legend has it that he got drunk on palm wine and could not do the job. The palm wine is one of the great quizilas of the sons of Oxalá.
OBATELÁ - One of the ministers of Xango.
OBÁXI - Greeting to Obá.
OBARA - The sixth Odu of the game of shellworms. It brings the number 6 and represents prosperity in the way of people.
OBÉ - Knife.
OBECURUZU - Scissors.
OBEXIRÊ - Razor.
OBI - African fruit used in various rituals.
ODARA - Good.
ODÉ - He who hunts well, good hunter.
ODÔ - Rio.
ODU - Destination.
ODUDUWÁ - Orixá linked to the creation of the world, who snatched Obatala and created the Earth. He was a great warrior and conqueror, but in Brazil he is worshiped as a female Orixá.
ODUM - The Earth.
ODUN - Year.
ODUVÁ - God of the Earth.
OFÁ - Arch and arrow used by Oxoce as a tool and, with which he dances when incorporated into the terreiros.
OFANGÊ - Sword.
OGAN - "Guard" selected by orixás, does not enter into trance, but acts as a sacred aid in rituals. is the position held, exclusively by men. Within the Hierarchy of the Saint, it comes soon after the Keeper or Keeper, and is treated as the father in the saint, having the same status as the Keeper or Keeper. They are usually the offspring of spiritual entities and are the only ones to whom the Keeper or Keeper must take the blessing within the house of Ax.
OGAN ALAGBE - Atabaque player who heads the Others. Older Ogan.
OGAN NULU - The atabaque player.
OGAN AXOGUN - Responsible for the holocausts inside the Axé house.
OGUM - is the God of wars and the Orixá, which opens the way.
OGUM XOROQUê - is the name of the Ogum that descended the mountains. Ogum with great foundation with the Orixá Exu.
OGUNTÉ - One of the qualities of Yemanjá, that would have connection with Ogum.
OIÁ - The same as Yansá.
IOM - Honey.
OJÉ - Priest of the Egungum cults.
OJÓ ODó - Day of the Oxalá pylon party.
OJUM-CRÊ-CRÊ - Big eye.
OKÊ - Mountain, hill.
OKÔ God of the hills.
OLO - Go away.
OLODUMARÊ - The lord of destinies.
OLÓKUN - Mother of Yemanjá.
OLORUM - Goddess of Waters.
OLOSSAIN - Priest consecrated to Ossayn to collect the ritual leaves.v
OLUBAGÉ - Annual festival dedicated to Omolu / Obaluayê, where they are served various ritual meals.
OLUWÔ - Person who sees through the game of shells.
OMADÊ - Boy.
OMALÁ - The same as Amala. Food made for Xango with yam, palm, dry shrimp, grated onion, and topped with okra sauce.
OMIN - Water.
OMINTORÔ - Urine.
OMOLU - Orixá of warlike nature that has the power to fight diseases.
ONANXOKUN - Name of one of the 12 ministers of Xangó.
ONIKÔYI - Also one of the 12 ministers of Xangó.
OÔRUKÓ - Day in which initiates receive the "name".
OPANIJÉ - Dialed tone for Omolu to dance.
OPELE-IFÁ - Necklace made with eight nuts of Ikin, connected by a chain for reading the Odus.
ORÉ - Boy.
ORI - Head.
ORIKI - Name of the greeting of Orixá.
ORIXÁ - The word Orixá means Ori = head, Shah = King, sir. Lord of the Head.
ORO - God of evil.
ORÔ - Sequences of liturgical songs or prayers used for the Orixás.
OROBÔ - Natural fruit of Africa, used in different rituals.
ORUM - Sun.
ORUM-BABA - The father of Heaven.
ORUN - Sacred space, the sky.
OSÉ - Week. Or it may have the meaning of clearing the settlements of the Orixás.
OSSANIYN - is the Orixá das matas. Same as Ossayn.
OSSÉ - Offerings.
OTÁA - Stone consecrated to the Orixás.
OTIN - The same as marafo, cachaÇ a.
OTUN - Right or right side.
OXAGUIAN - Oxalá-Guian, the young form of the old Oxalá. May he bear the sword and have foundations with Ogum and Yansan.
OXALUFAM - Oxalá-Lufam, the oldest form of Oxalá.
OXÊ - Winged ax, symbol of Xangó.
OXÓCE - Orixá hunter, who represents plenty. is a companion of Ossayn, because he is also of the woods, and of Ogum.
OXUM - Goddess of the sweet and cold waters. is the orixá of fertility and maternity.
OXUMARÊ - Orixá of the rainbow in charge of supplying the Orum with water. In Brazil it is worshiped as metá-metá, that is to say hermafrodita, that has two sexes. In Africa it is considered as masculine Orixá.
OXUPÁ - The moon.
OYÁ - Orixá Oyá, goddess of the winds, storms and rays. She was one of Xango's wives.
OYÁ FUNÃ - One of the types of Oyá Balé worshiped in Brazil.
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PAXORÔ - The sacred Scepter of Oxalá. The symbol he holds in his right hand as he dances, symbolizing the link between Earth and sky.
PADÊ - Meeting, meeting. However, in Brazil, it also means the ceremony to dispatch Exu, before beginning the ritual works.
PAJELANÇA - Ritual that involves the mixing of indigenous rituals, Catholics and spiritists. Typical of the regions of Pará, Amazonas, Piauí and Maranháo.
PANÃ - A ritual known as the Tira Kijila, whose purpose is to remind Yao of his daily tasks, which he has been away from during the time of initiation, besides applying teachings to him, showing how he should behave outside the religious life. Ceremony in which foods made by insiders are sold in markets or greengrocers.
PACHORÔ - Helpers of Oxalá.
PEJI - Room where the settlements are, that is, place of the personification of the Orixás where their symbols are stored, and their offerings placed. It functions as a kind of sanctuary.
PEJIGAN - The reliable Ogan that watches over PEJI taking care of everything from cleaning to small repairs if they are needed.
PELEBÊ - It has two senses: slow and thin.
PEMBA - is a powder prepared with several leaves and roots to be used in rituals for various purposes. It can still be a type of chalk that guides use to scratch the points that identify them.
PEPELÊ - Place where the atabaques are.
PEPEYÉ - Duck.
PEREGUM - Leaf widely used in discharge rituals.
Q
FALL OF THE QUEL - A ceremony held some time after initiation (three months later), for the withdrawal of the Quelê. The Fall of the Quelê as it is called, and that has a whole ritual of its own.
QUELÊ - it is as if it were a tie of Orixá placed in the Yaó, during the initiation. It serves to indicate that the initiate, from that moment, is subject to his Orixá. The initiates' ties have varying colors for each Orixá, and a type of color is used to identify them. For example: an initiate who has like Orixá Ogum will use the red chelle and so on.
QUARTER - Walk.
CHIMBÁ - Spirit of Darkness.
R
RONKÓ - Room of saint destined for initiation.
RUM - The greatest of the atabaques, used to mark the touches of the orixás.
RUMPI - is the average atabaque that pulls the rhythms or makes the counterpoint in the touch of Le, which is the minor atabaque.
RUNGEBÊ - Obaluayê sacred beads.
RUNGEVE - Necklace that the daughters of santo, with more than seven years of initiation, wear.
RUNTÓ - Name that takes the player of atabaques (Ogan Ilu) in the Jêje culture. And it is also, one of the greetings to Ogum.
S
SAKPATA - Vodum jêje that is the same as Obaluayê.
SALUTA - Greetings to Naná Buruque.
SAPONAN - Orixá of smallpox and contagious diseases. Among the Yorubás this name was forbidden to be pronounced, so they called him Obaluayê.
SARAVÁ - Salutation of the Orixás, used very much in the cults of Umbanda.
SATÓ - A rhythm more used to invoke Naná and Yemanjá. A bit similar to the Bravun touch.
SÈGI - A necklace of blue beads, made with two types of blue: a darker blue that is of Ogum and a lighter one that is of Oxalá.
SIDAGH - is the immediate substitute, of Otun-Dagan who comes, to be the daughter of the house in charge to treat and dispatch Exu, before beginning the ritual ceremonies.
SIRRUM - Funeral ceremony widely used in the Angolan nation, to detach the material body of the spirit.
SOBA - One of the qualities of Yemanjá in Brazil.
SOBOADAN - The same as Oxumarê.
T
TARAMÉSSU - Table used by Tata Ti Inkice to consult the game of Ifá (game of whelks).
TAUARI - Straw cigarette.
TEMPO - Entity of origin Bantu that in Brazil is worshiped as Ktempo = wind.
TEREXÊ - In certain nations it has the meaning of small mother.
TERREIRO - Name given to houses of worship to the Orixás.
TOBOSSI - Entidade Jêje. A kind of Erê girl.
U
UBATÁ - The same as Kata.
UMBÓ - Worship.
V
VATAPÁ - is the food of Ogum.
VODU - A type of cult widespread in the Antilles and in some regions of Benin in Africa, which has nothing to do with the Orixás cult.
VODU AIZC - Vodum of the earth that has connection with death. More or less corresponding to Onilé, The Lord of the Earth.
VODUM - Entity of the Jêje cult, corresponding to the Yorubas orixás.
VUMBE - In Bantu's language it means dead or spirit of the dead. The expression "Take your hand off the Vumbe" means to perform a ceremony to take the hand of the deceased. In other words, to make a ceremony for him to let go of material things and find his way in the spirit world.
VUNGI - Orixás children (nation of Angola).
W
WÁRI - One of the qualities of Ogum worshiped in Brazil.
WARIN - WARU - Name of the God of eruptive diseases (syphilis, smallpox, leprosy and etc ...).
X
XAMAN - God of the natives.
SHAMANISM - Ritual proceeded in Afro-indigenous religions.
XAMBÁ - Nation of a ritual.
XANGÔ - God of lightning and thunder. He was the second king of Oyá and according to the legends Yorubás, reigned with tyranny and cruelty. Xango was not born Orixá because his mother was human. He only became Orixá after his death, when he returned to Orun.
XAORÔ - It pulsates that initiates wear on the ankle as a symbol of subjection.
XAPANÁ - God of diseases. The Obaluayê of the Yorubás.
XARAÔ - Ornamental ankle brace.
XAXARÁ - Symbol of the Orixá Obaluayê. Made with the ribs of the palm leaves, and adorned with shells and beads, it is what Obaluayê brings in his hands when he dances impersonating the ancestors.
XEREM - Metal rattle used in rituals.
XINXIN - Oxum food made with chicken.
XIRÊ - It comes from the verb to play, meaning, to play, to play. Or the Xirê sung for the Orixás = the Orixás song.
XOKOTÁ - Pants or small.
XOROQUÊ - One of the qualities of Ogum in Brazil.
XOXÔ - Offering made for the Exu with the coconut of the oil palm.
Y
YABÁ - Queen. Term used to designate the female Orixás, especially those who were really queens in passages by the Earth like Yansá, Oxum and Obá, wives of King Xango.
YANGUI - Exu considered the first of the Universe. Exu Yangui, king and father of the other Exus.
YANSAN - The same Iansá goddess of storms, gale and thunder. The mother of the nine sacred spaces.
YAO: I mean, wife. But in the worship of the Orixás, it means subjection to them. Submission of wife of Orixá.
YEMANJÁ - In Nigeria she is worshiped as Goddess of the Ogum River, being an Orixá of Rio. However, in Brazil, she is worshiped as Goddess of salt water, confused with her mother.
YEYÊ - The same as Íyá - madre.
YORUBÁ - Nigerian people who have been divided into several tribes or nations are them: the Ketu, the Oyó, the Igejá, the Geges and the Nagós. Although divided into different tribes, they maintained the same culture. it is obvious that there have been some misrepresentations, but the origins of worship are the same.
Z
ZAMBI - God of Angolans.
ZARÁ - Salute to Orixá Tempo.
ZIRI - Spoiled food.
ZULU - African tribe.
ZUMBI - God worshiped for evil rituals.