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Ika-Osa
"The world is cool. We are resting,
the bad people have left town"
was cast for Jokoje, on the day
that he was badly in need of rest.
They said that, if Jokoje wanted
to have peace and quiet, he should offer
a green cloth, a pigeon, a sheep and 20,000 cowries.
Jokoje listened, and made the sacrifice.
They said that he should use green cloth
to cover himself with.
Ebo: 1 shiny black cloth, 1 pigeon,
1 sheep, and money. The cloth should be worn
whenever rest is required. And we should
bear in mind, that green and black are called
the same color, here and there.
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Contributor's Note
An Ifa divination text from Jaap Verduijn's Odu Ifa Corpus. Ifa as a divination method is found in many countries in West Africa. However, the Yoruba peoples have perfected it. The presented texts are translations, rewritings and interpretations of original Yoruba divination verses, in which the traditional "poetry-like" cadence and rhythm has been preserved and/or recreated as far as the English language allows. The texts are part of my "working corpus" as an Ifa diviner.
More about Ifa on http://www.qondio.com/mama.pl?a=intelshow&i=17751
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