Un petit coup de chamanisme de temps en temps ne peut qu'etre bon que pour la santé mentale.
Orisha: Naná Burukú (Naná Burucú)
Origin: Celestial
Catholic Syncretism: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Celebration: July 16
Garments: Pink and black, with gold ornaments
Beads: Pink and black, with coral, jet beads, and cowries. In the town of Jovellanos, in Matanzas Province, Naná’s eleké was strung with a yellow bead with red and green stripes, and turquoise-blue beads
Ritual implement: A curved “já�?BR>Sacrifices: She-goats, pigs, ducks, hens, pigeons, and guinea hens
Taboos: She must not be sacrificed to with a knife. Her jar cannot be placed in close proximity to Ogún
Ritual Numbers: 7, 9
The concubine of Babaluaiyé. Naná is a very sacred and austere orisha. In Dahomey, where devotion to her is taken to be greater, she is believed to be the mother of Mawu-Lisa, the Ewe-Fon equivalent of the Supreme Being. In Brazil she is considered the grandmother of the orishas. In Cuba she is exalted as a “discoverer�?since she is renowned for making evident illnesses that may be concealed within the human body which modern medicine cannot find. She is also known as the mother of fresh waters and is worshipped at the head of the river and in the lagoon. In a celebration held by the orishas to honor Ogún, the god of iron became heavily intoxicated, and as a result, extremely arrogant. Naná Burukú refused to pay the homage that Ogún had requested in payment for having paved the orisha’s way from orún to earth, which Ogún was now demanding. His drunken ill respects offended her. From that day, she rejected him and refuses the use of metal in any of her rituals. Ever since, Naná’s sacrifices are performed with a sharp bamboo or wooden knife.
Naná has no roads.
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