Santa Bárbara bendita::qué viva Shangó
Santa Bárbara es la patrona de los vientos y de las tormentas, de los rayos, de la paz del hogar. Se la invoca para resolver asuntos de amor y sus colores son el rojo y el blanco. Santa Bárbara, que en la religión cristiana se representa con vestimentas rojas y espada, para los yorubas es Shangó, deidad de la fuerza. La palabra shangó significa guerra, problema. Se le pide que nos ayude a vencer las dificultades de nuestra vida. Shangó es un Orisha mayor, Dios del trueno y del rayo, del fuego, de la guerra, de la danza, de toda la música y de la belleza masculina. Shangó se sincretiza con Santa Bárbara. Esta relación se establece por el hecho de que para apartarla de los hombres que la deseaban su padre pagano la encerró en la torre de un castillo. Cuando conoció la fe cristiana de su hija, la entregó a los tribunales y fué condenada a muerte por no renunciar a sus creencias. Poco después su padre fue fulminado por un rayo. También cuentan que el padre de la Santa quería casarla y ella se negó y se cortó los dos pechos para que la repudiara su futuro esposo. Entonces el padre la sacó por toda la plaza encima de un caballo para que fuera vista por todo el pueblo y pasara vergüenza. Ella solicitó al cielo que nadie pudiera verla de tal modo y una tormenta tapó su paseo a través de nubes.
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Saint Barbara is the patron of the winds and the storms, of lightning, of the peace at home. She is called to help resolve love problems and her colors are red and white. Saint Barbara, who in christian religion wears red and holds a sword, for the Yoruba is Shangó, deity of strength. The word shangó means war, a problem. He is asked to help us resolve difficulties in our lives. Shangó is a mayor orisha (deity), God of thunder and lightning, of fire, of war, of dance, all music and masculine beauty. Shangó in syncretism represents Saint Barbara. This relationship is established by the fact that her pagan father hid her in a tower to keep her away from men who desired her. When he found out about her christian faith, he turned her in to the courts and she was condemned to death for not renouncing to her beliefs. Later her father was fulminated by lighting. There is another story in which she cut both breasts off to be repudiated by her future husband when she found out her father wanted to marry her off. So that she would feel ashamed, he mounted her on a horse and showed her to everyone. She called the skies to help her so that no one would see her in that way and a thunderstorm covered her up in clouds.
celebrating St. Barbara and Shango
Saint Barbara is the patron of the winds and the storms, of lightning, of the peace at home. She is called to help resolve love problems and her colors are red and white. Saint Barbara, who in christian religion wears red and holds a sword, for the Yoruba is Shangó, deity of strength. The word shangó means war, a problem. He is asked to help us resolve difficulties in our lives. Shangó is a mayor orisha (deity), God of thunder and lightning, of fire, of war, of dance, all music and masculine beauty. Shangó in syncretism represents Saint Barbara. This relationship is established by the fact that her pagan father hid her in a tower to keep her away from men who desired her. When he found out about her christian faith, he turned her in to the courts and she was condemned to death for not renouncing to her beliefs. Later her father was fulminated by lighting. There is another story in which she cut both breasts off to be repudiated by her future husband when she found out her father wanted to marry her off. So that she would feel ashamed, he mounted her on a horse and showed her to everyone. She called the skies to help her so that no one would see her in that way and a thunderstorm covered her up in clouds.
celebrating St. Barbara and Shango
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