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orixa

(əˈrɪʃə)

(Other Non-Christian Religions) another name for orisha

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We now know that it was started in the late 1690s in Balasore, Orissa (then referred to by Europeans as "Orixa"), completed in 1725 in Chandernagore, Bengal, and shipped to the Paris botanical garden where it has since lain, largely ignored.

Jardin de Lorixa

O Orixa da comunicacao que ora podemos entender como o proprio devir, aquele que "come tudo".

Exu, the androgynous canibal: approximations between mythology and anthropophagous brazilian imaginary to think otherness/ Exu, o androgino canibal: aproximacoes entre mitologia e imaginario antropofago brasileiro para pensar alteridade

cada Orixa (divindade) representa uma forca da natureza: Oxum

HUMAN ECOLOGY: THE NATURE AS AN ARCHETYPAL DIVINITY/ ECOLOGIA HUMANA: A NATUREZA ENQUANTO DIVINDADE ARQUETIPICA

Oxumare e um orixa originario do Mahi, no antigo Daome.

"OXUMARE ALSO LIVES HERE! THE GLANCE OF CHILDREN OF YARD ON SAO BARTOLOMEU'S PARTY/"OXUMARE TAMBEM MORA AQUI!": O OLHAR DE CRIANCAS DE TERREIRO SOBRE A FESTA DE SAO BARTOLOMEU

As Iya Vera de Oya Laja says, "for people of the terreiro, the orixa always comes first, then, there comes conventional medicine," if that is the case;

Towards an "ecology of lore and knowledge" in health: an invitation from the terreiros to dialogue

Com um nome que homenageia a orixa Yansa, "orixa guerreira, senhora dos ventos e raios, que nao tolera nenhum tipo de preconceito e e a protetora das mulheres independentes", (11) esta sediada no Estado do Amazonas, onde comecou suas atividades no principio de 2015.

Feminist Actions and Initiatives in Contemporary Brazilian Audiovisual/ Iniciativas e acoes feministas no audiovisual brasileiro contemporaneo

Orixa japonica [Celastrus Orixa], Japanese orixa, 1870 (KN:37, "choice new shrub") AA1888.