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- Abiã, Iaô, Ebômi and Seniority: Learning to Carry Time in Candomblé
Abiã, Iaô and Ebômi describe positions within religious learning and belonging. Seniority does not automatically establish every office or priestly authority.
Added to library: - Bones and Objects in Afro-Atlantic Divination: Reading a Particular Method
Bones and object-based divination have distinct settings. Materials become meaningful through religious relationships, questions and interpretation.
Added to library: - Bori and Caring for Orí: Nourishment, Rest and the Person Who Carries a Life
Bori concerns a religious relationship of care for Orí within a house. Its meaning includes attention, rest and responsibility beyond a list of materials.
Added to library: - Candomblé Clothing: The Relationships Woven Into a Garment
Candomblé dress can express care, belonging, religious relationships and responsibility. White clothing, ojá and pano-da-costa need their local context.
Added to library: - Candomblé House Structure: Named Offices and the Work They Carry
A Candomblé house distributes leadership, care, music, food and other responsibilities through named offices whose meanings depend on nation and house.
Added to library: - Catimbó and Jurema Sagrada: Meaning, History, and Religious Life
Catimbó and Jurema Sagrada name related religious worlds with Indigenous histories, spiritual masters and regional differences in Brazil.
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An Òtúrúpọn Ìretè story describes a house held by a single support.
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An Òtúrúpọn Ìretè story describes a house held by a single support. When Elegua asks for food, the owner asks him to hold that support while he goes to fetch okra. Good ripe okra is close by, but the owner does not want to give the better pieces. He walks farther to find smaller ones. The delay becomes longer than the temporary support arrangement can bear, and the house is lost. The modern mechanism is local optimization. A team may save a little money, inventory, effort, or concession while a much more valuable system is sitting on temporary support: an expiring exception, borrowed capacity, a contractor waiting, a migration window, or an interim workaround. Before optimizing the small input, price the waiting dependency. If the support window is critical, the cheapest local choice can become the most expensive system choice. Source: Odù Ifá — Òtúrúpọn Ìretè. Continue reading at daily-ifa.news.