Lydia cabrera was interested in afrocuban folklore. Botanica yemaya y chango 6111 southwest 8th street miami, fl 33144 united states of america 3052677858. There are many orichas, but here are some that are considered important figures in the afrocuban pantheon. Since nothing can resist water, she is respected for her strength. Within institutional strategies of cultural preservation and reeducation, rumba, a dance of predominantly lower class blackskinned cubans in the nineteenth century, has emerged as a national symbol of twentiethcentury cuban society. Yemay y och n kariocha, iyalorichas y olorichas lydia cabrera.
Lauren yoder is james sprunt professor of french at davidson college. I would like to give thanks to maria giulia alemanno in this video for her wonderful piece of ellegua who is the first in appear in this video and of. Ochun has talent as a diviner, too, and her children are good at throwing and interpreting the dilogun cowrie shells. A copy may be downloaded for personal, noncommercial, research or study. Lydia cabrera y su yemaya yochun incomparable compendio. Lydia cabreras most popular book is afrocuban tales. Lydia cabrera books in english marketing management kotler pdf espanol, lydia cabrera. Lydia cabrera has 40 books on goodreads with 1015 ratings. As much a storyteller as an ethnographer, lydia cabrera was captivated by a strange and magical new world revealed to her by her afrocuban friends in early twentiethcentury havana. En 1927 estaba ya instalada en paris, a donde fue a estudiar pintura. So, he created ochun and sent her to earth to cultivate. Lydia cabrera was born may 20th, 1899 in havana, cuba. Peace grove school of the goddess order of the white moon. Ochun oshun is the youngest of all the orichas, according to most patakis sacred stories.
From inle, the doctor of the orichas, she learned about healing. Yemaya and ochun 1974, unfortunately, not all of her. Our site offers the best services and products available on the worldwide web. She was an authority on santeria and other afrocuban religions. Shes the mother, or foster mother, of almost all the major orichas, low level gods. She is the spiritual mother to all those who feel lost and lonely. Yemaya is just as much a loving mother orisha as she is a fierce warrior that kills anyone who threatens her children. Upload pictures and videos, create with the online photo editor, or browse a photo gallery or album and create. Lydia cabrera is a legendary cuban ethnographer and author on afrocuban religions. Yemaya photo by tonkida explore mckenzie browns photos on photobucket. Shell always listen and offer maternal love to anyone who needs a. He owned a popular literary journal, cuba y america, where lydia got her first experience as a. During this time i had been reading various books on santeria. Ochun can be the oricha on a male or female human head, so she has both sons and daughters in the religion.
This is tambor a ochun y yemaya mpeg4 by ifa world conference on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Changing values in cuban rumba, a lower class black dance. Yemaya y ochun kariocha, iyalorichas y olorichas lydia cabrera. In contemporary cuba, a previously marginal cultural expression now publicizes new paradigms in a complex process of social change. Orishas across the ocean was issued in 1997 as part of the endangered music project, a series curated by grateful dead drummer mickey hart featuring material from the library of congress american folklife center now part of the mickey hart collection made available by smithsonian folkways. The preservation of afrocuban culture in the writings of lydia cabrera. During her lifetime she published over one hundred books. Yemaya in english with contextual examples mymemory. Yemayas ache is nurturing, protective and fruitful. Kariocha, iyalorichas y olorichas yemaya and ochun. The above quotes by cabrera and quiroga serve as useful points of entry to consider the queer nature of the performance of spiritual identities in. Upload pictures and videos, create with the online photo editor, or browse a photo gallery or album and create custom print products blessed yemaya see more. When olodumare finished creating the earth, he sat back and contemplated his work. Available formats pdf please select a format to send.
Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Cabrera, the most important thing was to stay true to the version of the investigative material that she had gathered, and for that material to not have passed by what she calls. Yemaya makes her residence in lifegiving portion of the ocean although some of her roads can be found in lagoons or lakes in the forest. Sep 09, 2012 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Recibio educacion con tutores en su casa y su hermana mayor contribuyo a su formacion cultural. Yemaya becomes the apetebi woman of orula after yemaya left oshuns ile tinibu she wandered sometime through the kingdom, and she reflected upon what had happened that day she left. In afrocuban tales this world comes to teeming life, introducing englishspeaking readers to a realm of tenuous boundaries between the natural and the supernatural, deities and mortals, the spiritual and the. Yemaya becomes the apetebi woman of orula the yoruba. Lydia cabrera was a cuban independent ethnographer. Jun 24, 2007 i would like to give thanks to maria giulia alemanno in this video for her wonderful piece of ellegua who is the first in appear in this video and of the image of yemaya which is the last but not. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. My idea was to create a scene of mothers and children on a new york city stoop.
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