22. OGGUE

Fetish:
Oggue resides in a small calf's horn placed inside Chango's fetish.

Ornaments:
Two calf horns painted with red and white stripes.

Offerings:
Doves and horned animals.

Dance:
He does not "come down". During a circular dance in his honor, the dancers put their forefingers up to their foreheads, simulating horns. This might be the simplest piece in the bata repertory.

OGGUE

o i cha e gue/mi lo do/kounko to/mi lo do/
ko ri o/e le ko/kori o/e le ko.../
o/lo yu lo yu/re o/lo yu ro ri/
ko ko/ma la ma la a/de o gue/mala mala a/
de o gue/bi o pka ma/la yen ye/e le gue mi/
o o gue/bi o pka ma/la.../

The face. The good face.
The face of secrets.
Here is the shining one.
The one who saves mothers.

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      |           |r