1. Eleggua

The Holy Child of Atocha (January 1)
Eleggua is first among the Orishas. He is the first to be called and offered sacrifices in any ceremony. He serves as the messenger to the Orishas. Eleggua holds the keys of destiny. He opens and closes the door to luck or misfortune, personifying chance and death. He is the first in the group of warriors (Eleggua, Oggun, Ochosi and Osun). Eleggua is always closely related to Eshu (Eshu-Eleggua), the incarnation of humanity's problems. They represent the invitable duality of good and evil.

This piece is known as Latokpa, (Lati: because of. Okpa: center of the cane). This refers to the stick or shepherd's crook which characterizes Eleggua and which is carried by the dancer in the oru del eya aranla.

ELEGGUA

Llame:

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

Part 1:
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  |r 

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

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

Alternative (iya):

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

Viro

Part 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  |r 

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

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

Alternative (iya):

 

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

Viro

Part 3:
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  |r 

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

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

Alternative (iya):

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

Viro

Part 4:
Repeat as desired

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

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

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

Viro

Part 5:
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  |r 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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