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I was interviewed by Awo Joseph Oliva for the "Our Roots" podcast about my new book, Patakin, the Cuban Lukumi Religion, and my Cuba research over 20 years. Make sure you subscribe to the YouTube podcast. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urr_anMHOV0

Patakín: Orisha Stories from the Odu of Ifá started as a series of informal translations for a blog, “Lukumí Traditional Knowledge,” at Blogger.com. I wanted to learn about the signs (odu) lived by the Babalawos at the center of my research on Ifá’s history in Cuba. I pestered Osvaldo Morales, Jr. (Otura Pompeyo) for a year to help me encapsulate the signs of such great personages as Adeshina (Obara Meyi), José de la Asunción Villalonga (Ogundá Masá), Tata Gaitán (Ogundá Fun), Bernabé Menocal (Babá Eyiogbe), Guillermo Castro (Ogbe Shé), and Miguel Febles y Padrón (Odí Ka). By the end of...

ENGLISH. This explains the quality, and justifies the price, of the cargas. They are pure, rare, and no one else has them, including other botanicas on the internet. The Osainista of AsheExpress has over thirty years dedicated to the religion. He is a specialist in all the plants, cargas, birds, and animals of Osha, Ifá, and Palo. He collects and prepares all of these in a laboratory. The palos and roots require preparation, including removal of unwanted barks and detritus, and passing through washings. The roots, in particular, come out finely ground and very concentrated, which accounts for the bag...

Welcome to the exciting new site from Eguín Koladé and Folkcuba.com...

Bienvenido al nuevo sitio de Eguín Koladé y Folkcuba.com...