OMO ORISA

Omo Orisa is dedicated to those persons who have initiated to their particular Orisa, to those who have been instructed which Orisa governs their head and to anyone who just wants to lean more about the traditional beliefs of the Yoruba Nation. We will periodically publish Yoruba cultural information in hopes of sheding more light on the lives of our ancient ancestors and family in the Motherland. Most of the information about the religion of IFA is not secret... it is part of everyday life in Yorubaland. Although traditionally, rituals were done before birth; and some initiations at birth; children, grew up watching the religion in daily practice; singing Orisa songs; and praying to the Orisa. These are not secrets, this is part of the everyday life of the Yoruba. You grow up speaking Yoruba, therefore, when you pray or sing, you would do so in you native tongue. We look to our past to prepare for our future, so that we might live the present correctly.

YORUBA PROVERB: HE WHO HARASSES ME, TEACHES ME STRENGTH

***IF A GREAT MAN SHOULD WRONG YOU, SMILE ON HIM***

WE ARE THE FRUIT

We are the Fruit of an Ancient Tree Planted long ago in a far away land Her roots go deep into Mother Earth And her branches spread across oceans and seas Yet, we are the Fruit of that Ancient Tree We are the Fruit of an Ancient Tree Planted where the chain first descended from Orun And the Irumole and Orisa first touched land We are the Fruit of an Ancient Tree Yearning to be home again. We are the Fruit of an Ancient Tree Planted where the garden once stood In the land now called Afrika We are the Fruit of an Ancient Tree We ripen to many hues We speak in languages foreign to our spirit Yet, we are the Fruit of that Ancient Tree We are the Fruit of an Ancient Tree We must now pull the sap from the her Root To become all that we are to be. Apetebii Mola