A video has emerged showing new Brazilian ministers Sônia Guajajara (Indigenous Affairs), Anielle Franco (Racial Equality) ushered into their inauguration with Yoruba chants hailing the Sango deity.
NEWS BREAK reports that the inauguration happened after the recent coup attempt in Brazil.
Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his ministers entered the inauguration to the sound of “Kaô kabecilê”, a greeting to Sangô, the ‘Orisá’ of Justice.
Watch the video below:
Depois da intentona golpista de domingo, Lula e ministros ingressam na posse de Sônia Guajajara e Anielle Franco ao som de “Kaô kabecilê”, saudação a Xangô, o Orixá da Justiça.
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Last month, Lula appointed 16 ministers.
It is not the first time that the spirit of Sango would be invoked at an outing in the South American country.
In 2019, the spirit of Sango was invoked at the outing of the Salgueiros Escola de Samba in Sapucaí, Rio de Janeiro.
Sango’s proverbial Axé of Justice was beautifully sculpted to suit the colours of the deity who, according to Yoruba history was the third Alaafin of Oyo.
Participants sang and chanted incantations in the Yoruba language to describe the sovereignty of the Oyo Empire.
The homage was made as a credit to the Yoruba kingdom and the Orishas that influenced the culture and tradition of the African-Brazilian people since the end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in 1882.
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