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1. Discurso do professor Idowu B. Odeyemi, presidente do Conselho Internacional para Ifá
religião por ocasião do festival Ifá mundial de 2014 e da dedicação de o recém-
remodelado Ifá templo, Ile-Ife em 7 de junho de 2014.
Eriwo ya!
Saúdo-vos a todos, em nome de Òlódùmarè, Obamubamu, Òyígíyigì, Oba ateni lege lege
f'ori s'apeji, controlador Todo-Poderoso do destino humano. Saúdo-vos a todos em nome
de Ọrúnmìlà (BA), Elerii Ipin, Alase, Ibìkejì Èdùmàrè. Saúdo-vos a todos em nome do
Àràbà Àgbaiyé e o Conselho de Anciãos Espirituais (Awo Olódù Merindinlogun).
Mais uma vez, eu enviar anúncio jubiloso para todos os adeptos Ifá durante esta época de
euforia e de esperança para a humanidade. No 07 de junho de 2014, milhares de
adoradores Ifá, Sacerdotes e Sacerdotisas irão convergir em Ile-Ife, Nigéria, para celebrar
o milenar, Festival Anual Ifá. Ele também marca o início do Ano Novo Yorùbá. O festival,
que acontece no local de nascimento de Ọrúnmìlà e sobre os quais o Templo Mundial Ifá
foi construído em 1932, inicia-se com a subida por adeptos do Templo sagrado em
Oke'tase em 14.00 horas GMT.
Isto é seguido por uma longa procissão ao palácio de Odùdúwà, o progenitor da raça
Yorùbá. Lá, o Àràbà Àgbaiyé, que é a personificação viva de Ọrúnmìlà (BA), leva os fiéis
a realizar um dos rituais mais sagrados em Ifá Religião: Esa (renascimento espiritual).
Você realmente não precisa receber Esa ablução mais de uma vez na vida, mas todos os
fiéis devem receber pelo menos uma vez. É tão importante, se não mais, quanto "ver"
Odù, o pote sagrado do destino. Esa simboliza a imortalidade espiritual.
Como Ifá diz:
“Mo gb’esa mi o ku mo
Gbogbo Awo, e je ka gb’esa
Recebi Esa e entrei para a imortalidade
Todos os irmãos, vamos receber Esa! "
B’oja ba tu tan
A ku olorii patepate
A ku awon sanko sanko ale oja
Bifa ba pedi tan
Iwonwo a dide
A dia fun Ọrúnmìlà,
Ifá nlo f’oju k’ Odù l’oke Ikefun.
Nje, mo f’oju k, Odù, emi o ku mo
Mo f’oju k’ Odù mo r’ire
No final de um dia de mercado
Apenas o coordenador continua.
Quando Ifá transcende o nível de compreensão,
O fim não se iniciou
Esta foi a mensagem divina para Ọrúnmìlà
Quando ele ia perceber Òlódùmarè
Em seu Brancura Toda Poderosa e Brilhante.
Eu vi Odù hoje
E eu alcanço a imortalidade espiritual.

2. The procession re-ascends the Oke’Tase hill after the solemn Esa ceremony, accompanied
by singing, dancing and sacred Iyere chants along the highways of Ile-Ifè. The Yoruba
New Year commences at exactly 00:24am (23:24GMT) with Iwure by the Araba Agbaye
and the sixteen High Priests (Olodu Merindinlogun) of the Temple. At 3:00am
(02:00GMT), the Annual Ifa Divination is cast, for all adherents of Ifa, fo Ile-Ife and the
Ooni, for Yorubaland, Osun State, Nigeria and the world in that order. This year, the New
Year message will be posted on our website: www.ifaagbaye.org for the benefit of all
adherents.
In 2013, the Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola donated the sum of
N33 million Ifa Council to refurbish the World Temple for International Tourism. This is
the first public gesture by any sitting Yoruba Premier, Administrator, Soldier or Governor
to promote African Spirituality, alongside the two, latter day Middle Eastern religions.
The Spirit of Oduduwa and our forefathers who inhabited this sacred site thousands of
years ago, will keep and protect Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola and ensure success in
whatever he lays his hands upon.
The new look temple being commissioned and dedicated at 11am on Saturday 7th June.
Let me finally seize this opportunity to send my greetings to all Orisa worshippers in
every part of the globe. I also send felicitations to all our brothers and sisters in the
Diaspora, irrespective of colour, sex or nationality. All members of the International Ifa
community constitute a single “Ifamily”
I specifically greet all our brothers and sisters in the following countries: Cuba, the
Caribbean Islands, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay, Surinam and the Guyanas,
whose great, great, great grandfathers and grandmothers have toiled over the centuries to
ensure the survival of Ifa religion and Orisa worship. For centuries, our forefathers were
cast into slavery and their great religion was demonized as evil and fetish. For centuries,
Euro-Jewish propaganda sought to eliminate and bury the African Spiritual Essence. The
white-man vainly tried to suppress our Orisas and forced our brethren to seek refuge under
Christian deities (Peter, Paul, John). This unfortunately lead to the establishment of a
hybrid worship system in which the images of Christian deities (decorated as “saints”),
adorn Orisa Shrines and Temples particularly in some temples in the Caribbean.
To all our Orisa brothers and sisters, I say: Your Spiritual freedom is here at last! Cast
away the garment of dual faith! Of what use is a “St Peter” or “St Mary” in an Orisa
temple? It is an extension of the colonial self-abnegation. Ifa and Orisa are the light of
the world! Oil and water cannot mix, except under unstable conditions. Let’s go back to
the pure worship of Ifa and Orisa; let’s get back to our true source of human existence:
Ifa
Today, we thank Olodumare and the Orisas for allowing us to survive the negative
propaganda onslaught. Today, all attempts at bastardizing our psyches and demonizing
our religious world view have failed. Today, Ifa, as the true light of the world, now shines
brightly across every part of the earth. Ifa, as the Divine Message of Olodumare to
mankind, is spreading through the dark alleys of every human mind. Ifa, as the religion
of truth and righteousness, is the only religion on earth which has neither preached, nor
engaged in violence of any kind. It is the only religion whose adherents have never waged
wars, “Crusades” or “Jihads” to maim and kill other fellow human beings in defense of a
“Creator”. Ifa has no carved images and worships no idol. Ifa priests use Ikin, Opele,
Opon-Ifa, Iroke, Iyerosun and Ibo only to access divine esoteric information and not as
objects of worship. Have you ever heard of anyone worshipping “Opele”? Ifa is coded in
an 8-bit digital (computer-compatible) format and output in parable-format. All the
Divine Messages are coded within 256 Odu. Each Odu represents an esoteric pigeonhole,
each also divisible into another set of 256 sub-holes. Within each hole are encoded over

3. 16000 Messages. There are therefore over 1,048,576,000 sacred messages in Ifa! That is
why one of the appellations of Ifa is: My Lord, Unfathomable!
Today, we wish all Worshippers, Pilgrims, Followers, our Governor, Visitors and
Admirers, A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS YORUBA NEW YEAR!
Professor Ìdòwú B. Ọdẹ́yẹmí,
President of International Council for Ifá Religion.