43, 44 & 45. OCHUN

Fetish:
Ochun lives in a multicolored soup toureen full of river water. Yellow predominates.

Ornaments:
Ochun's image has a halo with five sharp points. She is also surrounded by small gold fishes, shrimp, conch shells, small boats, mirrors, jewels, coral, embroidered sheets and kerchiefs rattles, chekeres, cowbells. Ochun "owns" all objects associated with female beauty: brushes, make up, etc.

Power objects:
Ochun fans hersef with a yellow sandalwood or peacock feather fan. She jingles her five gold bracelets. A half moon, two oars, a star, a sun, and five little bells are embroidered on her dress. These objects change according to which of her avatars is manifested.

Collars:
Amber beads. Also coral and amber beads. Repeat pattern: five coral beads followed by five amber beads. Then, amber and coral alternate five times.

Clothing:
Ochun wears a yellow dress cinched by a girdle with a rhomboid stomacher. The dress is hemmed in points with hanging jingle bells.

Offerings:
She likes spinach and shrimp, honey and any type of sweets. Turtles, neutered goats, white chickens.

Dances:
Ochun's dance is the most sensual. She laughs like Yemaya and shakes her arms to make her bracelets jingle. Ochun runs her hands over her body to emphasize her charms. As she dances, she makes very voluptous movements and asks men for sex with extended hands and thrusts of her hips. She asks for oņi, honey, craving the sweetness of sex and life. She mimics rowing a small boat and grinding in a large pestle. When she combs her hair, admiring herself in a mirror, she is very haughty and looks down her nose at those around her.

OCHUN 1

la de co yu lo/cha ra ka te mi o/guo ye te/
cha ra ka te mi o/guo o mi/da ra o da ra o/gue ye ye/
cho ra ka te mi o/guo o chun o/ba go mo ra la a/gue/

Ochun, bless me with money.
Ochun, bless me with money.
Water, you are beautiful and expensive.
Ochun, hurry with the money.

Repeat as desired

|1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a|1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a|
|   S  S   S    S|   S  S   S    S|l okon.
|  O           O |O O           O |r

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

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

Alternative:

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

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

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

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

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

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

OCHUN 2

e o un ro/gue re gue re/gue re o un lo a/
la de ko o yu/o o un ro/gue re gue re/gue re la ko le/
a fu de co ma lo/gue o un ro/gue re gue re/gue re o un ro

You make riches.
Owner of the crown.
You make riches.

Repeat as desired

|1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & |
|S           S           |l okon.
|        O           O   |r

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

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

OCHUN 3

ye ye o lu/be/che gba de o lu/be guasi/
ma ri im ba/so ro ko/ye ye o lu/ba/
cha gba de o lu/be gua si/ma ri im ba/so ro so.../

Mother owner of brass.
Come down to our call.
Mother owner of brass.
Come down to our call.

Same as Ochun 1.

Alternative:

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

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

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