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| UMBANDA: it is the name given by the spirit who, speaking through the medium Mr. Celio de Moraes, in l908 settled the rules for a "new" religion in Brazil. It is said that the meaning of the name comes from the contraction of two Sanscrit words: OM or AUM : meaning "God" and BANDA: meaning "by the side of". Therefore the meaning of this word would be: "THOSE WHO ARE BY THE SIDE OF GOD" INCORPORACI�N: This Spanish word has no specific translation to English. It describes the process of energetic interaction between the medium and the spirit that for a period of time "wears" the medium's body and expresses him/herself through it using the medium's whole body as if it was his/her own body. MEDIUM: A person who claims to have the power to receive the spirits of the dead in his/her body. BABALORISHA: A person (male) who enroled in the Traditional African Religion and after seven years of study is ordained. (a priest). THE HOUSE : name given to the temple, because the temple for us is the house of our Gods and our own spiritual house. DE IEMANJ�: The word "de" in Spanish means "of" in English. It is placed after the name to show belonging, and after it, the name of the Orish� who rules the person's life. THE PRINCIPE CUSTODIO: Name of a prince from Africa, refugeed in Brazil when the English conquered his land. He was the one who brought the ancient tradition of his nation, called Ge-ge , to Brazil. AX�: Force, power, tradition. NATION GE-GE: There are different ways to worship the Orish�s, depending on which region of Africa the tradition came from. They are basically alike but some distinctions can be made between the colours given to the Orish�s, order of them in the pantheon, etc. So, to speak of a nation is to say which is the tradition or the way to practice the ancient religion of a temple. Nation Ge-ge is one of these traditions, it is a pure one. There are mixed traditions too, like Nation Ge-ge / Nag� for example that is a mixture between two nations: Ge-ge and Nag�. This one, has lots of simmilarities with the rituals and tradition of Ge-ge but among them there are also points that have nothing to do with Ge-ge, and they are aspects that come from the other tradition. IL� AX� BOM�: The language used in our faith is an African one, it's known as Yoruba. Il� means "house", and particularly speaking about the faith it means "religion house" or "temple". Ax�, as we have said previously, means "force". B is a prefix that means " a lot of" and Om� means "water". Therefore Il� Ax� Bom�, the name of our temple, means "Temple of the force of a lot of water", or "Temple of the power of the sea".This name was chosen for our house because the two Babalorish�s who run the temple are sons of the same Orish�: Iemany� Bom� who is herself the power of the Sea. |
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