THE LLAMES OF THE ORU DEL IGBODU (Iya only)

(Muffled tones (M) may be eliminated)

1. ELEGGUA

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

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|S     S        |S   S          |l
|               |               |r
3. OCHOSI

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|S     S     S  |l
|O   M   O      |r
4. OBBALOKE

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

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|S     S        |S     S        |l
|  O     O   O  |              O|r 
6. BABALU AYE 1

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|S     S     S  |S     S     S  |l
|    M O     O  |               |r
BABALU AYE 2

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

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

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|
|S             S        |l
|O   O   M             O|r
9. OBATALA

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

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

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

|1 2 3 4|
|S   S S|l
|       |r
13. ORUNLA

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|      S     S  |  S            |l
|O              |    O   O   O  |r
14. ORISHA OKO

|1 2 3 4 5 6|
|S          |l
|O O M      |r
15. IBEDYI

|1 2 3 4|
|       |l
|O O O O|r
16. CHANGO

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

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

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|S     S   S S  |l
|    O         M|r
19. OCHUN

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
|              S|S              |S   S   S      |l
|               |  O O          |O   O   O      |r
20. YEMAYA

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|
|                       |S           S          |l
|                      M|    M   O       O     M|r
21. OBBA

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|
|S           S   S      |S       S       S      |l
|O   O   O             M|O   O       M         M|r
22. ODDUA

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

After the 23 llames are played, the drummers begin to play the 23 pieces of the oru to the same 22 Orishas.

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