29, 30 & 31. CHANGO

Fetish:
Chango resides in a wooden tub with a cover, preferably made out of cedar wood. It is painted red and white and may have the shape of a castle.

Ornaments:
Chango's image, an indian warrior, carries a cedar and palm wood scepter. It ends in a sharp point or in the shape of a double hatchet as a simbol of divinity. He also "owns" a chekere made out of a turtle shell. His fetish is also surrounded by a black horse, a tambourine, a bright red flag, three hatchets a club, and a scimitar.

Power objects:
A double headed hatchet, a cup, a sword.

Collars:
Red and white. Repeat pattern: six red beads follow six white beads. Then, red and white alternate six times.

Clothing:
Chango wears a loose shirt and pants with red and white stripes. Sometimes, he wears cut off pants with the legs cut in points. His chest is bare. He might also wear a short jacket with red and white stripes and a crown in the shape of a castle.

Offerings:
Chango likes plantains, corn meal and okra. A ram, red roosters.

Dance:
Chango will butt with his head and do three forward rolls towards the drums. He opens his eyes extremelly wide and sticks out his tongue. Characteristic movements are waving his hatchet and grabbing his testicles. No other Orisha jumps higher, dances more violently or makes stranger gestures. He commonly eats fire. Chango's dances are either warlike or erotic. As a warrior, he waves his hatchet and makes threatening gestures. As a lover, he tries to demonstrate the size of his penis, bumps and grinds and acts very lasciviously with the women in the audience. The circle of dancers imitate his movements and join in his sexual exhibitionism.

CHANGO 1

a la/do lu be lu be/lu be yom ba/
la e lu be/lu be yom ba/la o o fu u/
sa go e/e a yagba mi/ra o ba ko so/

Red Chief. We're saved by the Red Chief.
Turn to the chief. Obakoso.

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          |l itot.
|O       M       O      |O       M       O      |r

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

Alternative (iya):

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|
|        S       S      |        S       S      |l iya
|                O      |                O      |r

Alternative 2:

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  |l itot.
|      O         M      |      O         M      |r

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

CHANGO 2

repeat as desired

mo fo yu guo/re le chan go/mo fo yu guo/re le
mo fo yu guo/re le o/a la yo ta/do bo le.../

Cover my head. Chango is great.
Cover my head. Great king.

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          |l itot.
|O       M       O      |O       M       O      |r

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

Alternative (iya):

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|
|        S       S      |        S       S      |l iya
|                O      |                O      |r

Alternative 2:

|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    |l itot.
|            O          |            O   O   O  |r

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

CHANGO 3

repeat as desired

o go do/ e e/ a gua me/ to/
o go do/e/a gua lo/na/

We come for the palm. We're six.
We come for the palm. We come for the way.

Same as Chango 2