Feast Day for Yemaya/Yemoja/Iemanja – Sept. 7, 2008 | Part 1 of 3
Posted by Jacqueline on Sep 7th, 2008 in Special Announcements | Comments Off on Feast Day for Yemaya/Yemoja/Iemanja – Sept. 7, 2008 | Part 1 of 3Maferefun Yemaya!
Today, we celebrate the feast day of Yemaya, mother of all the other Orishas. We will set up an altar to her, cook specialty foods for her and light candles for blessings received and to petition her for.
Yemaya is:
First Mother of the World
Matron with large breasts
Sustainer of Life (saline in blood, amniotic fluid)
The Siren
Forever call her children home (to the ocean)
Indigo dyer
Queen of all Waters, both sweet and sour
Mother of the children of fishes
Deliverer of her people
The stern, exacting Mother
The one who will define morality and its’ boundaries
The mother of witches
Her colors are crystal clear and all shades of blue (note I am using different blues in this post)
Here is one of the recipes I will be making to set before her altar today.
Eran elede` t’ agbagba`din (fried pork with plantains)
Ingredients
2 pounds fresh, boneless pork tenderloin
2 large green plantains
4 tablespoons palm oil or peanut oil
Wash pork and cut into 1 inch cubes. Peel plantains and cut into thin slices. Pour oil into hot skillet on medium flame, fry pork cubes until brown. Remove pork from skillet and fry plantain chips until brown.
Serve hot together on same plate.
If you would like to purchase a candle to go on the altar today, please go to:
http://www.tarotbyjacqueline.com/SPECIAL.html and order one today.
I will label and light your candle as soon as I receive your order and send you an e-mail confirming it was done. You can then look at the various photos I will post here to show the altar as it evolves.
Keep checking in as this is a three part series today to show you how to make an altar and what to serve on it and how to conduct a feast day celebration for your particular Saint.
