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ayé oba
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They are Yoruba words not necessarily well written, and in our language they are used in a primarily religious context. Obá means "king", there is also Obbe as "soup" and there is an association of both in the Orisha Obbá of the "conjugal fidelity" that is represented stirring a soup; Ayé or Aiye refers to the land and there may be some relationship with the land of the cemeteries that Obbá protects.

  




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AYÉ OBA In candomblé oba is an orisha who takes care of the tombs. It represents the repressed love and sacrifice one makes for one's loved one.

  



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