Babaaláwo or Babalawo in West Africa (Babalao in Caribbean and South American Spanish and Babalaô in Brazilian Portuguese) literally means "father of secrets"...
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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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the Yoruba title for Mother of mysteries & the female equivalent of a Babalawo. While Iyaláwo and Ìyánífá are often used interchangeably, the terms have...
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Opele (category Babalawos)
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...
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Pierre Verger (category Babalawos)
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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that dates to AD 800–1000. Ifá priests and priestesses bear the titles Babalawo for men and Iyanifa for women. Priests and priestesses of the varied Orisha...
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Awo may refer to: Awo, Nigeria Babalawo Iyalawo AWO (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Awo. If an internal...
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Aṣẹ Ayagunna Cosmology Egbere Irunmọlẹ Ifá Ori Oriṣa Practices Ajere Ifa Babalawo/Iyalawo Cowrie-shell divination Egungun Epa mask Gẹlẹdẹ Letra del año Obi...
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