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Throne (above) for Drumming to Elegua, New Jersey, July 1984. Designed by Ramon Esquivel Bolaños (Obanguala; (IBAE) Elegua is a "warrior" who lives in the monte (forest). His thrones are constructed of "leaves" (yerba), and, because he is a "child," as well as a male denizen of the "street," his thrones are adorned with toys, little bottles of rum, and cigars. Visitors "throw themselves to the floor" before the throne, a gesture of respect, called moforibale in Lucumí
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Throne (above) for Drumming to Chango, designed by Ramon Esquivel (Obanguala; IBAE), New Jersey, April 1983. Chango, the 4th Alafin of Oyo, a great warrior-king, takes red and white cloth. His companions, Obatala, Yemaya, and Ochun, are represented by color-coded silver, blue and white, and gold-sequined panels of cloth (paños). Chango's "thunder axe" (oche) is formed by the central red and gold-sequined satin cloth. The sacred bata drums (Aña) are played directly to the throne to salute Chango in the oro seco section, and then proivde rhythms for a grand public celebration (eya aranla). |
