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Babaalawo or
babaláwo in West
Africa (babalao in
Caribbean and
South American Spanish and babalaô in
Brazilian Portuguese),
literally means "father of...
- Ifá is
organised as an
initiatory tradition, with an
initiate called a
babaláwo or bokɔnɔ. Traditionally,
these are all-male,
although women have been...
- trays, as they are
meant to
praise and
acknowledge the
noble work of the
babalawo (diviners). The
etymology of the term Ifá, however, has been a subject...
- the
Yoruba title for
mother of
mysteries and the
female equivalent of a
babalawo.
While iyaláwo and ìyánífá are
often used interchangeably, the
terms have...
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Orisha of Wisdom, knowledge, and Divination, is the
creator of Ifá and
Babalawo concept. He is a high
priest of Ifá.
Following the
categories developed...
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African and Afro-American religions,
notably in Ifá and
Yoruba tradition. A
babalawo (diviner) uses the
opele in
order to
communicate with the
deity of wisdom/knowledge...
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Akose Babalawo prepares spiritual medicines recipes received from
ancestral spirits for
healing and
removal of curses...
- in Salvador, Brazil) was a photographer, self-taught ethnographer, and
babalawo (Yoruba
priest of Ifà) who
devoted most of his life to the
study of the...
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speeches from
Nelson Mandela, and Fela Kuti songs;
talked to a
Yoruba Babalawo;
trained in Dambe,
Capoeira Angola, and Zulu
stick fighting; and took a...
- Awo may
refer to: Awo,
Nigeria Babalawo Iyalawo AWO (disambiguation) This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the
title Awo. If an internal...
