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Iron Cauldron for Palo Monte and Ogún
of the Head
Caldero de hierro para Palo Monte y el Ogún de cabecera
(real cast iron; verdadero hierro de la
fragua)
12 tall/de altura x 12 diameter opening/12 diámetro
de la apertura
37 pounds/37 libras $175.00 (See
Store / Botanica / Lucumi)
White ball that accompanies Odudúwas
tools
Bola blanca que acompaña las herramientas de Odudúwa
2.25 diameter $13.99 (See
Store / Botanica / Lucumi)
**NEW** // **NUEVAS**
Por la senal Mambos de
Palo(See
Music Store) 5 New Palo Monte y Cajón de
Muerto Recordings / Cinco grabaciones nuevas de Palo Monte y Cajón
de Muerto
Tata Dudu y Los Yoyombo Cuban Boys: Por La Señal,
Mambos de Palo
Afrocubano 4Vientos: Beyond the Mysteries (Palo
Monte)
Hermanos Los Inkises: Los Espíritus y sus Mistérios
(Palo Monte)
Homenaje a Obatalá (Cajón de Muerto)
**New Video**
Osain and the Magical Herbs
of Santería, Volume I (See
Lucumi Botanica [New
Lucumi Item])
An indispensable "how to" identify 121
sacred plants used in the Yoruba/Lukumí Religion of Cuba
and the United States
**NEW** // **NUEVAS**
Tinajas for Nanú,
Naná Burukú, and Babalú Ayé/Asojuano
(See Lucumi
Botanica)
Ifá Divining Chains
(Opele)
Cadenas de Ifá (Opele) (See
Lucumi Botanica)
**NEW** // **NUEVAS**
Babalawo Cosme Guio (Ibae)(See Store / Botanica / Lucumi)
Ifá divination tray (tablero de Ifa in Spanish ;
opon-Ifa in Lucumi), lath-turned wood, hand-incised surface
designs, and gold leaf paint, 15 3/4" diameter by 1," Havana, 1996.
The Ifá divination tray is utilized for the highest
form if Ifa divination ( el bajon de orula ) by babalawos,
who work with the authorization of the orisha called Orula
(Orunmila). Orula is considered to be a fair ( justiciero
) judge capable of settling disputes among the orichas and
other spiritual forces.
Ireme
Mokongo, (see Gallery / Abakua
and Store / Botanica / Abakua) by J. Gonalez Perez,
2001, 22 inches tall; cloth, metal, beads, sequins, wood, wire,
goatskin, feather, paint, wire. In practice, men wear íreme
masquerade costumes of dazzling materials to dance during the ceremonies
of Cuba's Abakuá Society, founded in Regla in 1836. Abakuá
men have also fabricated beautiful dolls like the one shown here,
demonstrating pride in their tradition. Folkcuba.com exhibits and
offers for purchase more than 15 different íreme dolls,
which are large, detailed, and made with authentic materials used
in the actual masquerade costumes themselves.
Los hombres Abakuá se visten en los trajes
de íreme ("diablito") durante las ceremonias
de esta sociedad secreta, que se fundó en 1836.
Los Abakuá por costumbre también fabrican estos muñecos
impresionantes por su orgullo de la tradición. Folkcuba.com
presenta y ofrece para venta mas de15 íremes diferentes.
Son grandes (22 pulgadas) , muy detallados, y se fabrican con los
materiales auténticos de los trajes mismos.
Olokun
Offering (See
Gallery / Photography,
Celebration) - The
well-known Iyalosha Felicia Omí Saidé made a great
offering (ebó) to Olokun on 8 September 1999 on the
coral beach just east of Havana, called the Playa de los Chivos,
"Goat Beach." Her goal was, through propitiating Olokun,
a grand orisha of the Creation who can set things in motion,
in order to realize her dream of founding a cabildo in her
barrio of Old Havana.
Tratados
Enciclopedicos de Caminos de Ifa(See Store/ Bookstore/ "Collecion")
- This 17 volume "Encyclopedia" is one
of the most valuable, complete religious works that has ever been
produced on the African religions that arrived to Cuba. The compilers
have carefully reproduced unique original texts drawn from multiple
babalawo notebooks for each “path” of Ifá.
The texts are unique and varied. All original texts, and the resulting
volumes, are subject to the rigorous supervision of elder babalawos
in Regla, Guanabacoa, and Havana. The producers adhere to a careful
scholarly process in order that the variant texts retain their original
integrity, and, therefore, can be verified, compared, interpreted,
and placed in historical context by users in their individual practices.
The Tratados Enciclopedicos de Caminos de Ifa should not
be confused with other commonly seen "Encyclopedias" of
questionable quality that merely copy other unverified sources.
ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS!
Los Tratados Enciclopédicos de Caminos de
Ifá es unas de las colecciones religiosas mas valiosas y
completas sobre las religions africanas que llegaron a Cuba. Los
libros de La Colección de Documentos para la Historia y la
Cultura de Osha-Ifá en Cuba son únicos. No pueden
ni deben confundirse con otros tratados, libretas, y colecciones
que se vean distribuidos por otros sitios del Internet, las botánicas,
o indivíduos dentro de Los Estados Unidos ni en Cuba misma
(e.g., La Plaza de Armas, El Parque central). Pues sucede que muchos
clientes siguen confundiendo los Tratados Enciclopédicos
de Odduns de Ifáque son libros communes y de
calidad inferiorcon los Tratados Enciclopédicos de
los Caminos de Ifá, perteneciente a la Colección antes
mencionada. Estos libros no son copias ni imitaciones de ninguna
recopilación común, aunque el Awó de
Orunla: Dice Ifá conserva la cosmovisión de
Pedro Arango, precursor del Dice Ifá. Todos los datos son
compilados o tomados de libretas y tratados originales y únicos.
Los documentos que se presentan en esta Colección están
cuidadosamente calificados, seleccionados, y arreglados bajo de
la dirección de un equipo competente de investigadores religiosos
de Regla y Guanabacoa en La Habana. Por lo tanto, los datos de los
libros reflejan no solo una alta calidad en presentación
(cubierta dura hecha a mano) sino también apego absoluto
y verificado a lo más genuine y major preservado y enriquecido
de Osha-Ifá en Cuba. Todo esto fundamenta el precio de los
libros. Por otra parte, los adquirientes de la Serie 3 recibirán
las actualizaciones bianuales de esa edición con un precio
módico, y todos los que posean los libros de La Colección
pueden plantear aclaraciones, consultas, y profundizaciones directamente
a los proveedores. Existe un equipo de investigadores religiosos
responsabilizados con el contenido de la obra. NO ACEPTE NINGUNA
INMITACION.
*NEW* / NUEVO
Orisha Tools / Herramientas de Ocha
Discount Prices and Packages
Précios Rebajados y Ofertas
..........Lázaro Ros, legendary
Cuban Akpwón (singer of the Lucumí cantos) has just
released a stunning suite of CDs, each of which are dedicated to
a different orisha, or deity, of the Sanería religion. This
is authentic material, and you will be hard-pressed to find finer
recordings of this nature. If you are either practitioner or student
of voice and batá drum-based material looking for the perfect
audio reference, look no further...this is a gold-mine. Highly recommended
. Bruce Polin
Paños for the Orishas
// Ashó Orisha(See
Lucumi Botanica [New
Lucumi Item])
Paños,
made of fine, expensive cloth, drape the enthroned orishas
during public festivals so that they appear amidst luxury as royal
presences that radiate ashé. Nong, the third generation
in a family line of internationally-known fashion designers, combines
Parisian haute couture, pan-Asian sensibility, and Afro-Cuban orisha
aesthetics.
Elegant
Porcelain Soperas for the Orishas (See
Store / Botanica)
Direct from Union City,
New Jerseys La Esquina Habanera(See
Music Store)
David Oquendo created Raíces
Habaneras to rescue and preserve the pure form and essence of Cuban
rhythms, and to pass on to newer generations this aspect of Cubas
cultural heritage.
Two
Chango shrine figures (See
Gallery / Art - Lukumi; Botanica), 2000,
polychromed wood, plastic, clay, 14", maker unknown, Havana. Chango
is conventionally known as the Yoruba Fourth Alafin (king) of the
Oyo kingdom, the orisha of "fire" and "thunder," a great warrior
and diviner, the owner of the bata drums, and the "director"
of the Ocha initiation. "Fire" refers to "problems" (i.e., la
candela! ) in Cuba, and Chango "carries" (and carries away)
"problems on the head." That is why he features the double thunder
axe sprouting from his crown. He is known as the loyal and indefatigable
"defender" of all the children of Obatala, that is, all of the religion's
priests.
OKAN
ILU / BRIYUMBA
*PALO MONTE MUSIC /
MÚSICA DE PALO MONTE*
(See
Music Store)
Briyumba is a full force Palo
CD. Palo is an Afro-Cuban religion, and this CD is full of authentic
Palo Monte chants and prayers. So whether you are a palero or palera,
or are just curious about the music of Palo Monte, then this CD
is for you.
Emilio
Barreto Presenta: Santísimo
en Ritual *EN
VIVO* (See Music Store)
*NEW*
In this recording, the listener
is witness to ritual music in an environment that is rarely heard
outside the practice of Santería. On this disk there are
two sets of consecrated drums used at various times in the recording.
These drums were also used to summon seven devotees of Yemayá
who were comissioned to dance for this feast. Drummers and community
elders, alike, came from Cuba, Puerto Rico, California, Boston,
Philadelphia, and Chicago to worship beside their brothers and sisters
from the New York City metropolitan area. This recording represents
a unique opportunity for one to experience the natural flow of a
tambor as it moves through a ritual sequence. Santísimo
En Ritual was edited so that no pauses exist between the songs
to interrupt the ceremonys flow. From the moment you hear
the first track, you become immediately aware of the trance inducing
ambience unique to a live Santería feast.
NEW
Thomas Altmann, Cantos Lucumí
a los Orichas. 275 Cantos /
275 Orisha Songs, 307 p.(See
Store / Bookstore)
Cantos Lucumí
is a Santería songbook presenting 275 Afro-Cuban chants of
ancient Yoruba origin. The songs are carefully transcribed and notated
so that they show the proper relation of the melodic phrase to the
clave pattern. There is rich introductory material on the Lucumí
song structure, melodies, pronunciation, rhythmic patterns, tempo,
and the liturgical context (the oro). The text is organized orisha
by orisha, providing as many as 30 to 40 songs for each
orisha.
Cantos Lucumíes
una libreta maravillosa de canciones de la Santería. Se presentan
275 cantos afrocubanos de antigua trascendencia Yorubá. Las
canciones son cuidadosamente transcrito y notado para que se enseñe
la relación correcta entre la melodía y el clave.
Hay buenos charlas de la estructura del canto Lucumí, las
melodies, la pronunciación, los ritmos, el compás,
y el orden ceremonial de los cantos (el oro). El libro esta
organizado orisha por orisha segun el orden ritual
(el oro), presentando hasta 30 o 40 cantos de cada orisha.
Folkcuba.com
now represents Fakeye Family Yoruba
Traditional Arts
Bead (16) and Skull Set for the Necklace
of Ogbe Yono / Juego de Glorias (16) y Carabela para el Collar
de Ogbe Yono
New!
Ifá Manual: The Religion
Based on Truth
By Babá Sabú AkoníChief Oba Oluwo
Ifashola Click
Here
Palo Kimbiza: Brillumba Palo Kimbiza;
Tumba Francesa; Kikongo; Piti Bantu Criollo; Sancí;
and Palo Haitiano
By Babá Sabú AkoníChief Oba Oluwo
Ifashola Click Here
Odù of Lucumi
By James J. Kulevich Erìnmi Awo Aláàfin
Òyó Click Here
**NEW** // **NUEVAS**
101 Palos / 101 Sticks
of the Forest
One Hundred One Sticks fresh and direct from Cuba
in ground form
Ciento y un palos directamente de Cuba en forma fresca y molida
Agogó of Odudúwa
made in Africa
Agogó de Odudúwa hecho en Africa
Limited item: only 4 available / Cantidad limitada: solo 4 disponibles. $80.00 (See
Store / Botanica / Lucumi)
Machete of Ogún
and Palo Monte
Machete de Ogún y Palo Monte
Secrets of the Odus
of Ifá is the First English Translation of the
256 Odu texts of Ifá. Unlike other recent translations
of theYoruba Odus, this book preserves the format and content
of the Lukumí System of Cuba. This extraordinary
work, translated by a Cuban-American Awó of Ifá,
offers an unprecedented, unique opportunity to English speaking
babalawos to enrich their divination resources. It will
permit, for the first time, American babalawos to
have full access to the texts that have served Spanish.readers
for almost once century.
Secrets of the Odus
of Ifá is of the highest quality. It is
printed on acid-free paper for conservation purposes.
It is a solid,
bound in leather.
The
value of Secrets of the Odus of Ifá becomes incalculable
when it is realized that it remains the only complete
source for English speakers. It stands on its own for
the babalawos divination practice, whereas
recent works such as Epega and Neimarks The Sacred
Oracle of Ifá and William Bascoms Ifá
Divination represent the odus Yoruba verses,
not the complete Lukumí system developed by such
luminaries as Ramón Febles Obetuanilara, Bernardo
Rojas Irete Untedí, Miguel Febles Odí Ká,
Facundo Sevilla Ogbe Dí, Benito Rodríguez
Oche Paure, and Pedro Arango in Cuba.
Do
not miss this unique opportunity to own the Secrets of the
Odus of Ifá in English.
*Contact Olo-Obatalá Ayáguna Eguín
Koladé Awofaka ni Orunmila omo odu Iwori Koso now
at store@folkcuba.com.
Ceramic Vessels for Palo
Monte / Cazuelas de Barro para Palo Monte (See
Botanica/New Items), Estas cazuelas
lindas se hacen por mano. Cada espíritu, o mpungu
tiene su firma que se dibuja por sus objetos sagrados.
El artista mezcla estas firmas con los símbolos, unos de
los cuales se toman de los orishas Lucumíes. Las
firmas y los símbolos se tallan en relieve alto y son pintadas
muy lindas.
These beautiful pots are
hand made. Each spirit, or mpungu, of the Palo pantheon
has a special sign that is traced on its sacred objects.
Francisco combines them with the spirits symbols, which
may be borrowed, in part, from the Lucumí orishas.
The signs and the symbols are sculpted in high bas-relief and
exquisitely painted.
Lucumí batá
drums
(See Gallery and Store/Instruments)
- Made by S. López,, February
2001. Cedar; goatskin heads and straps; lathe-turned outside;
hand-opened inside. Dimensions: Iyá (13x7.25x28.5
left); Itótole (10x7x27.5 middle); Okókolo
(7x5x20 right). López, a professional
drum maker, produces batá and other traditional
Afro-Cuban percussion instruments for members of the Conjunto
Folklórico Nacional de Cuba, such as Olo-Elegba and Olubatá
Alberto Villareal. A set of Lucumí batá consists
of three hourglass-shaped drums, each of which features two apertures--the
larger enú and the smaller chachá.
The batá orchestra thus consists of three drummers,
each of whom play with two handson six skins in all--along
with a soloist (cantante/akpón) and a chorus. Polymetric
rhythms are produced through a complex conversation
between the largest and middle-sized drums, the Iyá
and the Itótole, respectively, while the Okónkolo
keeps a steady rhythm.
Sopera
and Pedestal for Orunmila
(See
Art / Lucumi; Store / Botanica / Ifa's Tools)
J.Arrencivia, Sopera
for Orula, surmounted with babalawo figure, and caryatid
pedestal; cedar, varnish, gold leaf; 30.25 x 12 (diameter
of lid), Havana, 2001.
OLUFINA
BABA MI: Música para sus Santos. (See
Store / Music) Este grabación
esta dedicada a la conservacion de la religion Yoruba, Lucumí
o Santeriía com se le llama en Cuba. Con esto en mente,
hemos grabado las canciones con la originalidad y en el orden
tradicional de un ORO a Ochun durante un tradicional Toque de
Santo o [Bembé]. La música en la religion Afro-Cubana
es un elemento esencial, todos los ritos son conducidos usando
música para comunicarse con los Santos u Orichas. Le invitamos
a disfrutar esta grabación y esperamos que pueda sentir
el amor y devoción que emos colocado en esta obra; le pedimos
muy particularmente a Oshun que le de todo lo bueno que usted
se merece, ya que hemos dedicado esta grabación a ella.