{"id":232524,"date":"2021-01-02T04:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T09:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=232524"},"modified":"2021-01-02T04:28:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T09:28:55","slug":"letter-of-the-year-for-2021-olokun-sign-of-the-fierce-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/letter-of-the-year-for-2021-olokun-sign-of-the-fierce-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter of the Year for 2021: Olokun, sign of the fierce ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olokun, one of the most respected and mysterious deities of the Yoruba pantheon, will be the ruling figure of 2021 while the accompanying orisha is Och\u00fan, according to the traditional and increasingly well-known <\/span>Letter of the Year<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ceremony for its announcement took place at dawn this January 1, as reported by the <\/span>\u00a0Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba on its Facebook page<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the prediction, for the coming twelve months, the prophetic prayer will be \u201cA good health on earth that Orunla provides,\u201d while some of the sayings under this sign are \u201cHe who laughs last laughs better\u201d and \u201cSometimes what you don\u2019t like is what you have to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The ruling sign will be Ika fun and its two witnesses correspond to Odi leke and Irete ogbe. Also, this year\u2019s flag is blue with yellow trim.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the forecasts, it emphasizes that there will be an increase in contagious, gastrointestinal and nervous system diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also emphasizes events of social interest such as \u201cincreased contempt for authority,\u201d \u201cbreaches of agreements\u201d or \u201cincreased loss of human life as a result of illegal immigration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Faced with these omens, it recommends that world society carry out \u201can analysis of the high level of corruption existing in all spheres,\u201d that the family \u201cinstill respect, education and love for work,\u201d as well as periodically checking health and avoiding narcissism in a general sense.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Cubayoruba page, Olokun is related to the deep secrets of life and death, provides health, prosperity and material evolution and represents the orisha of the ocean in its most terrifying state. It has the ability to transform and is fierce when enraged.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tradition tells that Obbatal\u00e1 chained him to the bottom of the Ocean, when he tried to kill humanity with the flood. He is always represented with a mask, says the aforementioned page.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the ceremony where the Letter of the Year is given, for which practitioners devoted to the cult of If\u00e1 gather, is one of the most deeply-rooted traditions for believers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Letra del A\u00f1o: Osh\u00fan gobierna en el 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n