Oshun or Osun is a Yoruba goddess that is associated with erotic beauty, gold and rivers. Awo Osun, a New York society of Oshun worshipers, gathers by the Hudson River every summer to honor the deity and pay respects to ancestors. Everyone comes dressed in white, as is customary for Yoruba festivals. I unfortunately showed up dressed in black. But I was warmly welcomed and no one seemed to mind that I was running around with a video camera. The Priest calls on Oshun with song. He then uses ginko nuts to perform a reading. I love the idea that the Hudson and East Rivers are inhabited by deities from the worlds religions.
This video was shot in July of 2003. The Harbor Series is a series of short videos about the ritual and cultural uses of the New York waterfront and was inspired by the Village Voice article: Holy Waters, by Erik Baard Fort Washington Park, Manhattan, 2003 runtime: 00:04:50
Will Luers
http://solublefish.wordpress.com
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do you know when …
do you know when the festival this year would be?
Ashe Ochun!
Ashe Ochun!
foolish people
foolish people
Salamalekum
Ashe …
Salamalekum
Ashe mi OSHUN Ashe
gracias por este homenaje tan hermoso para mi Madre gracias
Why was the …
Why was the wordpress blog removed?
Ashe!
Ashe!
To Tchokleit: very …
To Tchokleit: very ignorant remark…………Our religion has survived many thousands of years, the river is the river, just as the wind is the wind and the ocean is the ocean……….all of our sweat is salty, and why? we all came from the same womb………..and what does that prove? a human is a human………just like everything else in nature.
I don’t know,those …
I don’t know,those aren’t my people.But,I would imagine they are worshipping OSun just like everybody else.Osun and the rest of the Orisa,could care less about skin color.Unlike we foolish human beings.
i was at this …
i was at this ceremony it was great this and other ceremonies unite the puerto rican cuban african american nigerian and many other brothers together to worship our ancestors frommthe yoruba land , its great and its should happen everyday
what are those …
what are those white people doing there ?and they speak the language…
Ashé Oshun Ashé
Ashé Oshun Ashé
So beautiful … I …
So beautiful … I miss my Baba so much … so thank you for this clip.
I just want to make …
I just want to make a correction: those are KOLA nuts used for divination,not ginko nuts. As one of the many members of AWO OSUN,I’m shocked to see us on Youtube…interesting…
maferefun orula …
maferefun orula maferefun oshun.
alafia, all praises …
alafia, all praises to our mother
where is your ile?
ase
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
Oh ok thanks
Oh ok thanks
Yeye Moro is …
Yeye Moro is sometimes used as a praise name.However,it is actually one of Osun`s personalities.Yeye Moro is the flirtatious,coquettish personality of Osun.Many associate this personality of Osun with mirrors.Ore Yeye O,means”Most Gracious Mother”.
No,their mostly …
No,their mostly Americans.The guy that performs the divination is Nigerian.
Are these people …
Are these people originally from Nigeria?
hi what does “yeye …
hi what does “yeye moro” and “ore yeye o” mean?
Yeye Moro!!,
Osun …
Yeye Moro!!,
Osun my mother,my queen,thank you for making my life sweet as honey.Thank you for giving me the gifts of being physically as well as internally attractive .
Ore Yeye O!
I love it ashe to …
I love it ashe to the ancestors
Wow..I made it into …
Wow..I made it into YOUTUBE….MAFEREFUN OSHUN. KINKAMASHE AWO OSUN.
YE-YEOOO!! …
YE-YEOOO!! MAFEREFUN OSHUN!!