PROTECTION
For protection against all sorts of dangers, illness, and sudden death,
Santeros recommend painting a coconut in many colors-preferably nine-
and placing it inside a small basket painted in the same colors.
The basket with the coconut is hung from the ceiling and left there for an indefinite time.

 

 

 

AGAINST DANGER AND ILLNESS
The individual who is in danger cleanses himself/herself with nine different fruits,
nine candles (votive), and nine slices of eggplant.
Afterwards the offering is wrapped with nine cents on a piece of red cloth and
left by a long road near a cemetery.