The Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba released a preview of the already well-known letter of the yearin what from their social networks they have defined as “entry registration to trace the path that culminates with the Letter of the Year on December 31 at 12 at night.”
According to the message, the pre-opening ceremony marked “I will go Aikú Lowo Orunmila” (“Lucky not to see death through Orunmila”) and recommended that all religious, among other things, pray for their heads before the end of this year. .
The pre-opening ceremony for the Letter of the Year 2023 was led by the president of the Institution Roberto Padrón Silva, members of the National Board of Directors and affiliates.
The text indicates that the Ifá oracle was consulted by the Member of the Council of Elders of Ifa, brother Alfredo Lima Kessel Awo Oshe Nilogbe.
Faced with questions on its Facebook profile regarding whether the ways of this prediction have changed, the Association reported that “we make it public so that all religious and believers prepare, forming part of the customary rituals, only before our people only I saw the final result and not the path traveled”.
On November 29, the Ifa Council of Elders and its Ifa Advisory Council, had summoned Babalawos members of this “Yoruba Cultural Association Religious Institution of Cuba for the Pre-Opening Ceremonies of the Letter of the Year 2023, which will begin and they will take place at our National Headquarters next Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 1:00 pm”.
A large group of Cubans, religious practitioners or not, await this text every year with the aim of knowing what will happen during the next twelve months and how to overcome the difficulties. The “prediction” is made from an oracular system and it is an important ceremony of the Osha Ifá Rule.
The Yoruba Cultural Association Religious Institution of Cuba is a governmental structure formed to centralize certain aspects of African culture of Yoruba origin (Ocha/Lukumí Rule) and projects its work for the entire community.
Excerpts from the statement:
Odun: OTURA MEYI
I will go Aiku Lowo Orunmila.
(Lucky not to see death through Orunmila).
Oniché: Addimú Opolopo ewe karodo, obi, eru, obi kola.
Work: Cover with enough Canutillo and Ashé de Santo to ORUNMILA.
Ebbo: Akukó, ilekan, saraekó, Ashó pupua, ekú, eyá, awadó, opolopowo.
Offering: A rooster, land from the cave of the crab, Saraekó (ritual drink of the Ñangareo), smoked fish, smoked jutía, toasted corn, quite small.
It is recommended that all religious beg their heads before the end of the year with what their Guardian Angel or Ifá marks for them.
