Milton Martinez

EWE for the New Diaspora Milton Martinez

This book deals with the food for the Orishas. Granted, the first association with feeding the Orishas isthe sacrifice of animals; but in reality, animal sacrifices only encompass a small portion of the food thatare given to the Orishas. To wit; the most common form to feed and to sacrifice to the Orishas is ObíOmí tuto. Obí Omí tuto is coconut and fresh water. It is an Adimú and an Ebó. It praises the Orishas, itpacifies the Orishas. There are two main types of feeding the Orishas. By way of an Ebó or by way of Adimú. Ebó is a ritualoffering or sacrifice as dictated by divination. Ebó is one of the cornerstones of the Santeria religion, andit is the tool that we have been given by the Orishas to change our fate and return our lives to abalanced and healthy state. Ebó takes many forms. It can be an offering of fresh fruits, ritual baths, offerings of cooked foods, undergoing initiation, receiving an orisha, or animal sacrifice to name a few. Adimú are token offerings of love and thanks to the Orishas or to the ancestors. There is a slew ofAddimú that a diviner can mark for a person to offer, but each orisha typically likes a certain set offoods.