Egunes and Kiumbas
Egunes and Kiumbas
In Santería, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Vudú, it is known as Egunes or Egguns, the souls of the already disembodied, the deceased and the deceased. While the Orishas (deities) are incarnations of the different aspects of the universe and nature (the sea, love, good luck, night), the egunes are the souls of beings who have lived and perished.
In the different forms of witchcraft found in the Afro-Brazilian cult, it is customary to use the term "egguns" to refer more clearly to souls who live in pain, or who are under some kind of hex or spell that forces them To remain on earth, whether for good or evil, thus differentiating themselves from common souls.
On the other hand, there are Kiumbas, forms of egguns very backward in spiritual evolution, are negative, very dangerous, also somewhat "dumb" and are often made to pass for other egguns, in fact, can take the form of anyone who has perished, And is accustomed to appear before the mourners in the form of a loved one who has just left to stay anchored on the earth for a longer time.
The kiumbas are intuitively treacherous and cheating, watch over their own good, and therefore are able to easily deceive poorly indoctrinated mediums and people who plunge into the magical world without sufficient training.
According to Brazilian folklore, the kiumbas possess shamans and spiritualists very young and lacking in practice, leading them to suffer from mental illness, hallucinations, madness, and arriving in the majority of cases to commit suicide.
Respect and reverence for the ancestors are one of the pillars of Yoruba religion, which is established by having to attend to the Egguns, who have to be satisfied since they are respected as much as the orishas.
In the funerals organized in honor of the great characters of the Yoruba religion, Osha-Ifa, de la Arará, and Lucumí, the Pagugu (Eggun stick) is used, it is a cane or cuje of more than one meter long.
The Egúngún.
"The worship of ancestors is present in some form in most cultures
but it is most evident in the indigenous cultures of the world."
Henry John Drewal, "The Arts of Egungun among Yoruba Peoples."
Egúngún is the part of the Yoruba pantheon and the Orisha tradition, where ancestor worship is rendered, the Egúngún represents "the collective spirit" of the ancestors
The Yoruba tradition includes the belief in reincarnation and a great ceremonial cult of ancestors. Because of this they sometimes call their sons Babatunde ("the Father returns") or their daughters Yetunde ("the GRANDMOTHER returns").
"Egungun Festival is a festival Yoruba people, which is celebrated amongst annually and has been passed successively down to generations. It is believed to help develop trade and commerce and generally bonds the people of Yorubaland together regardless of their religious beliefs."
Ogundare Yejide, Gbenga.
"Members of the society dance to marketplaces, wearing their masks to represent the deceased spirits of their ancestors, the spirit to be worshiped is solely decided by Ifa Oracle."
Akinyemi, Joshua.
*Notes:
Egguns often help witches and practitioners, although they often do not at the expense of the happiness of other humans, so they must be "handled" (invoked, conjured, and worked) with great care.
Depending on the religious tradition that is practiced at home, the Egguns are fed before Elegguá and always separately from the orishas, or after them (in certain branches of Candomble).
The best books on English about this:
- The Yoruba religious concepts manual. by Baba Ifa Karade.
- Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in African Religious Traditions. by Lilith Dorsey.
- Voodoo and traditional African religion. by Lilith Dorsey.
- Yemaya: Orisha, Goddess, and Queen of the Sea. By Raven Morgaine.
SAVE YOUR SPOT FOR THE UPCOMING VIRTUAL CLASSES:
JUNE 6 ~
Candomble: A Class on History, Culture, Slavery, & Sorcery.
How much do we know about it? Very little, because the dictionaries and encyclopedias lack the necessary information, and how good that is, because in the same tradition of the Candomble, this is considered a magical tradition that must be transmitted orally and whose certain details must remain secret, that is why in this workshop we will make an intensive and fast class trying to approach from its roots and origins, the form of its transformation and that which strikes many of us, the magical practice that performs within it.
Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in this workshop where we will explore the roots of one of the most beautiful esoteric traditions brought from Africa together, that which yields a sacred cult to the Orixas and the ancestors in such an admirable way that we fall in love with just thinking about it.
JULY 18 ~
Abundance, Health, Protection, & Love, w / the Orishas (Open Rituals).
The Orishas (Orixas) are commonly considered the purest, oldest, and raw form of the powers and events of nature, from the roads, the fire, and the hurricane, to love, health, and good fortune.
In this class, I invite you to learn about the open rituals that we commonly use to make the orishas feel welcome in our home and thus receive their blessing and divine protection. More importantly, the origin of many of these rituals is often ignored.
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