In Otura Ogbe If\u00e1 says that priests should be given a title according to the knowledge they have managed to acquire, but above all, to memorize. This means that If\u00e1 already knows that, for a long time, titles have been awarded by agreements, money and even sympathy between the elders who grant these ranks and those who receive them. This is why Ifa warns us that receiving an Ifa title without complete preparation is a disgrace to any initiate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As in the more well-known religions, also in traditional Yoruba practice the knowledge and wisdom of the If\u00e1 priests is usually honored by granting titles and ranks. In traditional Yoruba culture the main titles of if\u00e1, among many, are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Omo awo: This is how people who have made their initiation to Isefa are known. A common mistake is to know these people as Aleyo, since in Yoruba this word means “foreigner”. Thus, the Omo Awo are the people who take their first steps in the Yoruba religion, and those who, with knowledge and full supervision of their Oluwo, can participate in divinations, sacrifices and other ceremonies, so a minimum of knowledge is not required. if this person is not performing divination or conducting any ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kekere Awo Orunmila: He is the newly started awo Orunmila with little knowledge of If\u00e1. It does not matter that a priest has many years of initiation since, if he does not have the necessary If\u00e1 knowledge, he will always be considered a Kekere Awo. This person cannot carry out an Ifa initiation due to not having the required knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Awo Orunmila:<\/strong> This if\u00e1 title is given to people who have between one and five verses of If\u00e1 memorized. It is not always easy to obtain this knowledge. For this reason, to help the initiates obtain the Awo title, we created the Oj\u00fa Od\u00f9 application, where people have five verses of each of the Meji, with the audio in Yoruba, to help in learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Babalawo:<\/strong> It is the priest who has a greater knowledge than that of an Awo Orunmila. In order to receive this If\u00e1 title, the initiate must have memorized between five or ten If\u00e1 verses from each of the 256 Od\u00f9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iyanif\u00e1:<\/strong> it is the title given to women initiated in If\u00e1 who have demonstrated a knowledge similar to that of a babalawo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oluwo:<\/strong> This is one of Ifa’s high titles. To obtain this consideration, the initiate must know by heart between ten and twenty If\u00e1 verses of each sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Babalodu:<\/strong> He is a priest who has received the consecration of Igba Iwa Od\u00f9. This priest has the power to initiate another priest in If\u00e1 whenever he has the knowledge to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Awise:<\/strong> It is the priest who is in charge of speaking of If\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Araba:<\/strong> To be recognized with the title of If\u00e1 de Araba, the priest must know about 10,000 verses of If\u00e1 by heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baba If\u00e1:<\/strong> This title is granted to priests with many years of experience and high knowledge in If\u00e1. In this case, the knowledge and information of If\u00e1 that a priest of this rank can have memorized is countless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In view of the knowledge requirements that each title requires, outside of Nigeria and the Yoruba culture there is no priest who possesses sufficient knowledge to have a higher If\u00e1 title than Babalawo or even Awo Orunmila. To improve the If\u00e1 knowledge of the initiates are the applications If\u00e1 Tradicional Pro and Oj\u00fa Od\u00f9, where they will also have access to the Otura Ogbe verse that talks about the titles.<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Otura Ogbe If\u00e1 says that priests should be given a title according to the knowledge they have managed to acquire, but above all, to memorize. [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2699,2706,1650],"class_list":["post-3962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ileawo-en","category-practica-tradicional-en"],"yoast_head":"\n