Once again we met, Queen of the Water! This time it was different, because it was your day. I didn’t ask you anything; I just wanted to thank you for all you’ve done for me. It was beautiful, clear sky and blue and warm water. Everybody knows that second of February is a holy day in Bahia, it’s the day to pay tributes to the saint mermaid on the beach. She is the big Mum from the Waters, who protects the fishermen and all her followers. She loves flowers, mirrors, combs, perfumes, necklaces… You can throw your gifts into the water, she will know about them. Dress yourself with her colors, white and blue. She is called “Yemanjá” and it’s the most popular way to call her, but eventually you can hear her other names - “Dandalunda”, “Janaína”, “Marabô”, “Princesa de Aiocá”, “Inaê”, “Sereia, Mucunã”. This photo shoot was enchanted for me, I enjoyed each and single click. How beautiful is to see the powerful faith of my people, nothing can destroy that. I left the beach feeling so calm and full of energy. The hard part was to choose the photos to post, I usually post maximum 25 photos per session but this time I just couldn’t do that; from the 140 photos that I have I decided to show 45 on the blog, divided into three parts. I hope everybody like this photo shoot because it means so much to me, it’s my culture, it’s the celebration of freedom, the celebration of a religion brought by the African slaves - who built the Brazil, a religion which keeps fighting against the prejudice. Odoiá* Yemanjá!
*Odoiá is the greeting for Yemanjá - the holy mermaid.
O dia dela / Her day
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Os erês / The "erês" (children)
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Parceiro de fé / Partner of faith
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Transe / In a trance
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Reza da água / Prayer from the water
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Muitas delas, todas belas / Lots of them, all beautiful
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Mão de Erê é ligeira... pega tudo que vê pela frente. É povinho danado!!!
ResponderExcluirBrinquedo de Erê é tudo: é água, pedra, papel, fogo. Ê povinho encantado!!!
Conversa de Erê é verdade: cê olha no olho e já fica à vontade.
Saulinho, tu és o Erê mais novo do meu Balaio do Aconchego!
Rogo a minha Doce Mãe que o abençõe; que Oiá lance sobre ti teu fogo transformador e O Senhor Oxalá o proteja meu filho.
Lu Barros
Saulinho, acabamos de fizer um filho. Olha como ficou!
ResponderExcluirCoisa de Erê
Mão de Erê é ligeira...
pega tudo que vê pela frente.
É povinho danado!!!
Brinquedo de Erê é tudo...
é água, pedra, é vento e fogo.
Ê povinho encantado!!!
Conversa de Erê é verdade:
cê olha no olho e já fica à vontade.
Erê,
Ê povinho mais amado!!!