20. Yemaya

The Virgin of Regla (September 7)

Yemaya is the mother of all life and all the Orishas.

Yemaya has power over the ocean, likes to hunt and to use a machete.

She has a huge amount of avatars, each one with its own rhythm and characteristics.

This piece is known as alaro, "blue", which is Yemaya's color.

YEMAYA

Llame:

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

|S           S          |S           S          |l iya
|    M   O       O   M  |    M   O       O      |r
Alternative (iya):

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

|S       S     S     S  |  S     S     S     S  |l iya
|            M          |M           M          |r
Alternative (iya):

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

|S                      |                       |l iya
|                       |                       |r
Alternative (iya):

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

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

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

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

Alternative (iya):

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

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.
|M                      |                       |r

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

Part 7:

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          |O                      |r

|        S              |S                   S  |l iya
|M           O       O  |                       |r
Alternative (iya):

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

Part 8:

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                      |r

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

Part 9:

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.
|                       |                       |r

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

Part 10:

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      |r

|                       |            S          |l iya
|M       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           M          |r

|S                   S  |                    S  |l iya
|O                      |M       O              |r
Alternative (iya):

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

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

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