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to lemanjá in wooden toy boats. Jumping seven waves is also common. Paintings of lemanjá are sold in Rio shops next to paintings of Jesus and Catholic saints. They portray her as a woman rising out of the sea. Small offerings of flowers and floating candles are left in the sea on many nights at Copacabana.
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in Brazil, millions of Brazilians, of all religions, dressed in white gather on the beaches to greet the New Year, watch fireworks, and throw white flowers and other offerings into the sea for the goddess in the hopes that she will grant them their requests for the coming year. Some send their gifts
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wore a national costume entitled "Reina encantada del mar", inspired by the myth of Yemayá. The costume, which weighed more than 18 kilos and was made of 120 meters of organza with hundreds of pearls and crystals, was so huge that it hampered her movements and forced her to constantly kick her dress
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Yemọja is often depicted as a mermaid by a number of devotees, and is associated with water, feminine mysteries, and the moon in some diaspora communities. She is the protector of women. She governs everything pertaining to women; parenting, child safety, love, and healing. According to myth, when
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State, on February 2, the image of Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes is carried to the port of Pelotas. Before the closing of the Catholic feast, the boats stop and host the Umbanda followers that carry the image of Iemanjá, in a syncretic meeting that is watched by thousand of people on the
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city. During these days many vehicles garnished with Iemanjá icons and colors (white and blue) roam from the São Paulo mountains to the sea littoral, some of them traveling hundreds of miles. Thousands of people rally near Iemanjá's statue in Praia Grande
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The river deity Yemoja is often portrayed as a mermaid, even in West Africa, and she can visit all other bodies of water, but her home and the realm she owns are rivers and streams, especially the Ogun River in Nigeria.
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Guinea fowl, ducks, hens, she-goat are sacrificed ("orô") on festival days associated with Yemanjá in the Candomblé tradition. Animals sacrificed to Yemonja must be thrown in the water for their disposal.
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Mason, P.H. (2016) Fight-dancing and the Festival: Tabuik in Pariaman, Indonesia, and Iemanjá in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Martial Arts Studies Journal, 2, 71-90. DOI: 10.18573/j.2016.10065
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Colors: There are many roads to Yemayá, Okute, Asesú, Achabá and Mayelewo are some of them, and each one has a color combination having all blue as a common denominator.
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neighborhood every February 2 to celebrate Iemanjá Day. Hundreds of thousands sit waiting for the sunset before they launch small boats with offerings into the ocean.
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In West Africa, Yemoja is worshipped as a high-ranking river deity, but in Brazil and Cuba she is worshipped mainly as a sea/ocean deity.
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her waters broke, it caused a great flood creating rivers and streams and the first mortal humans were created from her womb.
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It is common for regla de ocha initiated priests and priestess to keep a vigil for Yemayá on September 6 which is called
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Sacred objects associated with Yemanjá that are placed in the pegi, the room or space dedicated to an orixá, include:
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In 2015, the Uruguayan government estimated that 100,000 people had visited the beach for the celebrations.
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or regla de ocha, Yemayá is the mother of all living things as well as the owner of the oceans and seas.
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phonetic spelling of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other Spanish speaking countries: Yemojá, Yemayá, Yemallá>
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that fills the role of sea deity in Yorubaland, while Yemoja is a leader of the other river deities.
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in Nigeria, and oceans in Cuban and Brazilian orisa religions. She is often syncretized with either
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A chief priestess of Yemoja during the Yemoja festival of Oyo Town, Oyo State in Nigeria (2014)
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Symbols: Shells, sea stones, fish, fishnets, anchors, everything that pertains to the sea.
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forward, to the point that she got stuck in the fabric and had to be assisted off stage.
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Así se vivió la fiesta de Iemanjá en la costa de Montevideo, Subrayado, Feb 3 2015
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and their descent, namely Susana Cantero -Omí Toké- and Pepa Herrera -Echu Bí-.
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Ritual jewelry or necklace: Seven blue beads followed by seven crystalline beads.
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What are the origins of the traditions of the Brazilian New Year's Eve
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phonetic spellings of Brazil: Yemanjá, Iemanjá, Janaína, Mãe da Água
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Goddess of Creation, Water, Moon, the Motherhood, and Protection
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Uruguay Festivals – Day of the Goddess of the Sea, Guru'guay
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In the song "Think of You" by French-Cuban musical duo
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Lelé, a drink of white corn meal boiled in coconut milk
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When ducks, roosters and rams as four-legged animals.
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Angu, manioc or maize flour boiled in water or milk
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terms for mermaid spirits: La Sirène, Mère de L'Eau
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