Articles about Batuque

Bará do Mercado: what are the Sete Chaves on the floor of the Mercado Público de Porto Alegre, who settled the orixá (orisha) there, what the povo de santo do when passing by, and the law.

In the gaúcho batuque, the ruler of the year is the orixá of the day of the week of January 1st or comes from the house búzios. See Ogum (Ogun) and Iansã (Oya) in 2026 and the Friday of 2027 in RS.

Axero is the state in which the filho de santo stays when the orixá says goodbye in the batuque: a childlike manner and mixed speech. See when it happens and how to act.

The batuque drummer is the one who leads the prayers and conducts the toque. See how they are formed, from the agê to the axé of the drum, what alabê is, who owns the drum, and the fee.

Linha Cruzada is the Gaúcho house that worships the orixá of batuque, the caboclo of umbanda, and the exu of quimbanda in separate sessions. Origin, numbers, and how it works.

Batuque festival: what happens in the adjá hall until the market, who can watch, what to wear and the rule that almost every visitor breaks without knowing.

Batuque clothing piece by piece: the axó, the bombacha, the skirt, and the head cloth. When white is mandatory and why the color of the axó is not a matter of taste.

Passagens dos orixás in batuque: the two meanings of the term, the list by orixá with spelling variations, and what changes in the bead necklace, the food, and the adjuntó.

Orixá foods in the Batuque of Rio Grande do Sul: what each orixá eats, the difference between dry food and comida de axé, and why the amalá is not the one from Candomblé.

Initiation degrees in Batuque: what separates cabeça lavada, bori, pronto, and pronto with faca and búzio, and what each step authorizes within the house of nation.

Obligation in the Batuque runs on two clocks: the annual cycle of the ilê and the tempo de santo of each filho de santo. See the stages, from Bará to the levantação, to the festa and to the passeio.

Ibeji in Batuque are the twin orixás, linked to Xangô (Shango) and Oxum (Oshun). See the complete profile, the table served to the children, the colors and the syncretism with Cosme and Damião.

What is the difference between batuque and candomblé? See origin, geography, nations, names of the orixás and the liturgy of the two orixá religions, side by side.

Orixá de frente is the owner of the head and de junto is the adjuntó who accompanies. Understand the pair of the RS Batuque, how the jogo de búzios reveals it, and what it changes.

Bead necklaces in Batuque show which Orixá you belong to. See the colors of each Orixá, how the necklace is crossed, and what to never do.

Ossanha in Batuque is the orixá of the leaves and of the omieró. See colors, day, Eu-Eu greeting, foods, tools, adjuntó, and the syncretism that varies by house.

Obá (Oba) in Batuque closes the class of the new orixás. See colors, day, Exó greeting, foods with pineapple, tools, adjuntó, and the syncretism with Santa Catarina.

Oiá in Batuque is the third of the line and the first female orixá. See colors, day, greeting, foods, tools, adjuntó, and the syncretism in Rio Grande do Sul.

Odé and Otim in Batuque are the hunter orixás who walk in pairs. See colors, day, greeting, foods, and the syncretism of the forest couple in the Gaucho Batuque.

Oxalá (Obatala) in Batuque is the oldest orixá, the father who closes the line, from Bará to Oxalá. See his paths, the color white, the day, the foods, and the Gaucho syncretism.

Xapanã in Batuque is the Orixá of health and diseases, the owner of the broom that sweeps away evils. See who he is, colors, day, greeting, offerings, and the syncretism.

Iemanjá (Yemoja) in Batuque is the queen of the sea and mother of the orixás. See her qualities, colors, offerings, greeting, and the syncretism with Our Lady of the Navigators.

Who is Oxum in Batuque: the queen of the fresh waters of the Ijexá nation, her qualities (Pandá, Demum, Docô), colors, day, greeting, foods, and the syncretism.

Who is Ogum in Batuque: the second orixá of axé, his passages (Avagã, Onirê, Adiolá), colors, day, the greeting Ogunhê and the syncretism with Saint George.

Understand the role of Xangô in Gaúcho Batuque and why the religion is called the Religion of Xangô: the alujá, the Scale and the King of the nations Oió and Cabinda.

The orixás of Gaucho Batuque in the order of the line, from Bará to Oxalá: the proper names of the tradition, what each one rules, the colors, and the variation by nation.

Discover the nations of Batuque from Rio Grande do Sul: Oyó, Jeje, Ijexá, Cabinda and Nagô and what distinguishes each one in the toque, in the language and in the prayers.

Bará is the orixá of the paths and the crossroads in the Batuque of RS, the first to be greeted. Learn about his qualities, greeting, color, day, and offerings.

Understand what Batuque is, the religion of the orixás from Rio Grande do Sul: the nations, the 12 orixás, the greetings, the syncretism, and how a terreiro works.