Letra del año, the Glossary
The Letra del año (Spanish) or Letra do Ano (Portuguese) (English: Letter of the year) is an annual proclamation of predictions and advice by babalawo's for the coming year, usually issued every December 31 (New Year's Eve on the Gregorian calendar).[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: Babalawo, Cuba, Ifá, Latin America, Portuguese language, Spanish language, Yorubaland.
- Santería
- Yoruba mythology
Babalawo
Babaaláwo or Babalawo in West Africa (Babalao in Caribbean and South American Spanish and Babalaô in Brazilian Portuguese) literally means "father of secrets" in the Yoruba language.
See Letra del año and Babalawo
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
Ifá
Ifá is a divination system originating among the Yoruba people of West Africa. Letra del año and Ifá are divination and Santería.
Latin America
Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.
See Letra del año and Latin America
Portuguese language
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
See Letra del año and Portuguese language
Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
See Letra del año and Spanish language
Yorubaland
Yorubaland is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa.
See Letra del año and Yorubaland
See also
Santería
- Anima Sola
- Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
- Cowrie-shell divination
- Elegua
- Eshu
- Espiritismo
- History of Santería
- Ibeji
- Ifá
- Initiation in Santería
- Inle (Santería)
- Letra del año
- Michael Atwood Mason
- Obi divination
- Ogun
- Oko (orisha)
- Omiero
- Orisha
- Oshosi
- Oshun
- Our Lady of Regla
- Patakí
- Run Devil Run oil
- Santería
- Santeria (song)
- Shango
- Yemọja
Yoruba mythology
- Abiku
- Aganju
- Ajilesoro
- Ayagunna
- Ayelala
- Cowrie-shell divination
- Egbere
- Elegua
- Emere
- Eshu
- Iroko
- Iya Nla
- Letra del año
- Obalumo
- Obi divination
- Oduduwa
- Ofinran
- Oko (orisha)
- Orangun
- Orisha
- Orungan
- Yoruba deities