Thursday, February 11, 2016. In Latin America, a thousand-year-old African cult of ancient tribes has become popular «Yoruba»; whose necklaces represent each deity as divine protections and not as a simple accessory for beauty. These garments are the baptism for the initiation of this religion, and whoever possesses them must abide by the rules of the deities called in a general plane as “Oshas” Y «Orishas» within the dialect «lucumí»
These spiritual elements are known as “Elekes”, and have been one of the most sacred jewels within the Yoruba religion; since these necklaces protect whoever wears them, representing the «Astral Body». To obtain the protective collars, a consecration ceremony called “Half Seat of Osha”; in which only people like santeros or santeras –Babalosha or Iyalosha– they have the spiritual energy to give magical power to these garmentsas each of the pendants has a different light from the main deities known as Yemaya, Oshun, Elegua, Changó and Obbatala.
The necklaces are very simple and colorful, who wears them must feel totally identified with the religion; since societies have taken it upon themselves to discriminate against and frown upon those who possess this type of clothing, which for worship “Yoruba” they are beauty of high spiritual base.
Commonly, people who have had the «need» to receive these necklaces, is thanks to the oracle of religion; there are also other reasons such as health improvement, spiritual vocation or simply wanting to have protection from another world; some have wanted to have it for simple fashionwhich is not highly recommended due to the spiritual importance and responsibility that having this type of piece encompasses.
The most curious thing about these necklaces is the ancestral and cultural history they represent; because these come from Nigeriaand had momentous changes when the Spanish brought blacks «Yoruba» as slaves to havana Cuba to work amid the invasion of America; who required complementary instrumentation for their esoteric rituals. theology “Yoruba” is based on a Supreme godresponsible for everything that exists, and who overflows with hundreds of energies that guarantee every detail throughout the universe.
Currently, thousands of practitioners of this cult can be seen wearing their beautiful “elekes” in different parts of the world such as Venezuela, Spain, Argentina, Mexico and the United States; affirming the existence of this supreme energy in its accessories, endowing them protection and spiritual growth wherever they are.