14. OLOKUN

This piece is played as a continuation of the last Eleggua piece. There should be no pause as one rhythm changes into the next.

Olokun represents the awesome aspects of the ocean. It is the male avatar of Yemaya. Some say that Yemaya came from Olokun. He is terrible, powerful and extremely mysterious, the Orisha of the babalawos.

Rarely, his dance is performed by a masked babalawo who must immediately make a sacrifice so as not to die.

OLOKUN

o u ya/e.../o u ya/e le ku che/
ku e te ru le/o e du/le ko e/le te ru le/
e te ru le/o e du/le ko e/le re ru le/
a grio ro le/te mi lea su/bo cho/i so fi/
a guo ro lo/te mi lea su/bo cho/i so fi/
o o lo kun/ba gua o/o gua so mu ga/ba gua o e/
e o lo kun/ba gua o/o gua lo mu ga/ba gua o e/e.../

Be ready.
May your path be smooth.
We worship you. Maintain us.
Maintain the house.
King of the sea save us.

Repeat as desired

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

|               |l itot.
|               |r 
|               |l iya
|               |r

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 times
|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           M  |O           M  |r 

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

This is the last piece in the closing ceremonies.