@ThiagoOliveira-xv4fj

2 years ago

Hope this might help understanding some of these terms. ARUANDA - An utopian place - the paradise of lost freedom, a citadel that would orbit the ionosphere of planet Earth in a spiritual dimension of transition. SARAVA- It's an interjection used as a from of greeting and was constituted from the speech of the slaves of Bantu origin to pronounce the word "to save". XANGÔ- He's the orixá of justice , dance, manly strenght ,of number, of lightning and fire, of the feast and music; represents the need and the joy of living, the intensity of life, the masculine beauty, the passion, the intelligence and the riches. IANSÃ - Female umbanda warrior goddes and Xangô's wife. She's the orixá of winds and lightnings, commands the storms and also the spirit of the dead. Iansã also means "the mother of the rosy sky" or "the mother of the evening" so the rose her collor par excellence. She is closer to the lands consecrated traditionally to man, since she is present both on the battlefields ,where the great fights are solved ,and on the paths full of risk and adventure - in short ,it is always far from home; she does not like household chores. She is extremely sensual, falls in love frequently ,and the multiplicity of partners is a constant in her. So, she is also the orixá of passion. IEMANJÁ- She is the orixá associated with rivers ,female fertility, maternity and primarily the process of the genesis of Àiyé (world) and the continuity of life. In Brazil she is known as "Queen of the sea", a its also worshiped by non-umbanda followers. They are part of a religion Umbanda was created in Brasil in the beggining of the XX century by a combination of African traditions with Catholicism , Spiritism , and Indigenous American beliefs Typicallt, it is followed by afro-descendants and because of that , it faced a lot of prejudice, including police repression from the 20s to the 50s. It still faces a lot of prejudice nowadays. Umbanda has many branches, in common they share the cult of ancestral entities and spirits associated with diverse deities, which may belong to Catholicism , African cults, Hindus, Arabs, among others In spite od different slopes there are some concepts fond that are common to all, these being. - A unique and omnipresent dod, called Olorum or Zambi. -Belief in the Deities or "Orixás" -Belief in the existence of guides or spiritual entities -The immortality of the soul -Belief in ancestors -Reincarnation -The karma -Law of cause and effect by which the Umbandists pay the Good received with the good and the Evil with the divine justice . They are also based on obedience to the basic teachings of human values, such as fraternity, charity and respect for others. Besides these these precepts are also the need of the mediumistic practice as for example serving as "apparatus" (the medium) to enable the communication between spirits and orixás with humans. VIVA O BRASIL! VIVA A CULTURA POPULAR! FORA BOLSONARO GENOCIDA!

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