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Yemaya
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feet tall by 3 feet wide
From the shores of Africa, in the Yoruban tradition,
Yemaya is one of the Orishas. She is the Ocean Goddess, here bedecked with
sacred cowrie shells, carrying a conch, and leaping from the water. Her hair
flys out in long dreadlocks in the ocean breeze, and the full moon shines in the
background. Rayon Batik.
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Yemaya: The Orisha of the Ocean and
Motherhood, Yemayah was brought to the New World by the peoples of Nigeria via
Brazil and Cuba, where she has been venerated for centuries as Protectress
during the middle passage of slavery.
She is the Ocean Goddess, bedecked with sacred cowrie shells, the ultimate
manifestation of female power.
In Brazil, on new year's eve, people celebrate the Feast of Yemanja on the beach
by digging trenches in the sand and filling them with candles to create sacred
spaces full of peace and serenity. At midnight they launch flowers and offerings
into the sea and immerse themselves in the purifying and protective foamy mantle
of the waves.
Yemanja, Goddess of the Ocean and Mother of Pearls, is shown standing on the
waves offering her blessings for the families praying on the shore.
She is the Orisha of procreation, gestation, and the family, and holds absolute
reign over the hearth fire.
Many in Brazil consider her to be the Mother of all Orishas. She is sometimes
represented as a mermaid, a white seashell and the Virgin Mary. Mistress of the
Line of Water Vibrations. |
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