23, 24 & 25. AGAYU

Fetish:
Agayu resides in a wooden or clay basin painted in seven colors (black, white, red, blue, yellow, green, and brown).

Ornaments:
An oche, a double headed axe painted red and white with hanging decorations in yellow, green and blue. Two calf horns. A cane.

Power objects:
The double headed axe and a cane.

Collars:
White, red and yellow. Repeat pattern: a big white bead followed by nine red beads and eight yellow beads.

Clothing:
Agayu's coat and pants are dark red. Multicolored kerchiefs hang from his belt.

Offerings:
Seven big crackers with corojo butter. All fruits. Roosters and doves.

Dances:
Agayu takes very long steps and lifts his feet extremelly high, as if stepping over obstacles. At the same time, he strikes out with his oche. He likes to lift children to his shoulders. The other dancers imitate his steps in a circle.

AGAYU 1

o ke o/ke e/a ga yu lo/meguoi cha/(rest)/

He makes you feel good.
The jungle gave birth to the Orisha.

Repeat as desired

|1 2 3 4 5 6|1 2 3 4 5 6|
|S     S    |S     S    |l okon.
|    O   O O|  O   O   O|r

|  S   S   S|  S   S   S|l itot.
|        M  |        M  |r

|S   S   S  |S   S   S  |l iya
|O         O|O         O|r

AGAYU 2

o/ya o ya o/ta kpa o/
ya o ya/a ga yu cho la a/e ma che e ru/
o o/ya o ya o/ta kpa o/ya o ya.../

It overflows. Our business overflows.
The jungle makes wealth. It won't go away.

Same as Agayu 1.

AGAYU 3

tererema a/te re i cho la/o yan sa ma/
te re re ma/te re re ma a/te re i cho la/

Don't be hard.
Maker of wealth.

Same as Agayu 1.