Showing posts with label ANAISA PYE. Show all posts
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Monday, March 25, 2013

THE MISTRESS ANAISA PYE

METRES MAMBO ANAISA PYE


Subele que Subele, Subele que eh, Subele la sangre a Anaisa Pye.

Arise, o Arise, Arise o Arise.  Arise the blood of Anaisa Pye.


ORACION A ANAISA PYE

Salve O Gran AnaIsa Pye, Gran Cacica, India Mulatta, bella morena de mi devocion. Reina del cielo, abuela de la tierra y amable señora de las Aguas Dulces.

Con humildad y reverencia me rodillo, ante tu sagrado manto y santuario, y te ofresco este velon amarillo, ramo de flores, perfume, cigarillo y cervesa.  As que si el favor que te pido me pertenece, haclo en realidad.


Gloria sea tu Santisimo nombre, te pido en nombre de Sambia, Padre Nuestro Todopoderoso, que intercede e alcances en mi favor eso que hoy te pido, de tu divina piedad, y si lo que te pido no me favorese, y no sea para mi, saves que tu divino nombre lo alavare entre todos los Luases.  En nombre de Bon Dye, Gran Solier y Fa, Amen.



PRAYER TO ANAISA PYE



Hail, O Great Anaisa Pye, Great Queen and Chieftain , beautiful brown skinned mulatta of my devotion. Queen in Heaven, grandmother of the earth and lady of the sweat waters.

With humility, humbleness and reverence, I bow before your sacred shrine and offer you this yellow candle, bouquet of flowers, perfume,
 cigarette and beer. If the favor that I have come to ask, should be for me, then let it come to pass.


Glory be your Holy Name, I pray in the name of Sambia, Gran Bon Dye, that you may intercede and obtain that which I ask of you this day, and if what I ask is not in my favor, I shall still praise your divine name amongst and above all Lwa.  In the name of Bon Dye, Gran Solier and Fa, Amen.



THE MISTRESS
ANAISA PYE
Anaisa Pye is known as the Queen of the Seven Roads, she who spins seven times, and each turn is an avatar of the previous one.  She is the Lady of the seven altar egos and Lady of the seven split personalities, Lady of Seven Manifestations, Queen of the Seven Crossroads.  Each Lwa has avatars or paths, and behind that path, each path has their paths, there is no exception to the rule, especially when it comes to Metres Mambo Anaisa Pye.

Of the many vueltas, I "Sancista Luis" will be talking about in this article, I would like to start of with Anaisa Pye, pronounced Ah-Nah-Ee-Sah, Pee-Yeh.  Other variations of the spelling of her name are Anaisa Pie "Pee-Yeh", Ana Isapie and Ana Isa Pierre.

She is one of the most loved and most venerated Loa within 21 Division and Sanse, and for good reason, she is the Mistress of Love and all good things that life has to offer.  Each tradition although they have many similarities, views her in a different light. In both traditions she is the wife of Belie Belcan, although in 21 Division she is often synchronized with the young Mary who stands next to her grandmother, Santa Ana "Mama Ana Mambo", in Sanse "in many cases" it is Juana De Arco, that is used to represent Anaisa, and there is a reason for it in which I will go deeper as you read. But in both traditions, she is known as "la mujer del viejo Belie Belcan" and where ever there is one, the other is surely to follow, as these two Loases are inseparable. 

Although many think Anaisa is just a Rada Lwa, or an African Spirit, in all her vueltas she is not.  Many vueltas of Anaisa Pye are Native Loa, a Loa de la Raiz; a root Loa who resided in the Caribbean way before the Europeans came to the Americas, as well as a Petro Loa, and like Legba she is a Loa that manifests her energies in some form in every Division.

In the Taino language Anaisa can be broken down to "Ana" meaning Yellow or golden flower, "I" being that of Spirit, Ni being that of water, and Xa pronounced Chah, a loving nickname given to daughters, meaning little one. Many Taino women had the name Ana within their name or Iza as in the Dominican female Cacique Anacaona and the Puerto Rican Cacique Yuiza, both of whom are seen as vueltas of Anaisa within their respected traditions.  So the name in itself although roughly can be translated to, Little  Child of the Golden River Flower.

Anaisa is the Queen of love, feminine power, independence, strength, and laughter and personifies female beauty, flirtatiousness, sexuality, sexual allure, desire, joy, hearth, home, and family.  She is often misunderstood in the caballo she rides, and the banco she sits in as a harlot, prostitute, femme fatale or lady of the night, and although she often manifests her energies and uses her
feminine wiles in humans in a way that we may suggest or misunderstand her as such, she is so much more.  She personifies Female strength, endurance, the strength of family and the survival skills needed to endure in a harsh world that has often been claimed as a man's world, and at any costs necessary she will use her gifts and charms to get her way and get things done and survive.

Through out history Anaisa has manifested her ambiguous energy through her children and in human forms through out the world, she has manifested in the Biblical, Queen Jezebel, in Cleopatra, Mary Magdeline, Salome with her dance of the seven veils, the Prostitute who anointed Jesus feet with oils, perfumes and tears, as well as Marie Antonette; whom if any of these women were men would have gone down in History as a force to be reckoned with, and not as woman who did not know their place in a "Man's World".  She is the great female Caciques known as  Anacaona and Yuiza, whom for their people the Taino, lost their lives.  Men within history have tried to destroy, belittle, degrade or erase these powerful iconic historic females, but because of Anaisa and her close "but not the same" African counterpart Ochun, they have prevailed in the minds of the modern world both in male and female.


SANTA ANA
Feast Day July 26th

In 21 Division Anaisa Pye is always accompanied by her grandmother Matresse Mambo Ana, who is Saint Anne, while Anaisa is the young Mary.  In her Haitian vuelta Santa Ana is Mambo Lasaille and Anaisa is Mademoiselle Anais.  Anaisa Pye loves to dance and when she mounts her horses, she asks for her beer, anise liquor or champagne which she adds 7 drops of Colognia Pompeya, one of her favorite perfumes in which she also anoints herself from head to toe and then back up again with it.

Her drinks are always served in a champagne glass.  She asks for her lit cigarette and ask for her golden and yellow satin with lace pañuelo "fula", and loves her jewelry, perfumes, yellow floral arrangements, pink or amber honey, fresh milk and fragrant feminine talc powders. 

Her Servicios are always accompanied by yellow candles, anointed with virgin olive oil or a sweet smelling oil, or oil lanterns done in the same way.  She loves expensive yellow flowers, mirrors, make up, Spanish fans, and accessories.  In fiestas she is the life of the party, she is always cheerful, and full of laughter, especially when it comes to courting and flirting with men.  When she dances her influences is often felt by all those around her.



SANTA JUANA DE ARCO
Feast Day May 30th.


In Puerto Rican Sanse Anaisa Pyé is synchronized with Juan De Arco who has her own vueltas known as Anaisa la Pequeñita, Anaisa la Chiquitita and Tita or Titi Juana Pyè  " Ti Yuana Pyè  or Pequeñita Juana Pier ", whom the latter is actually viewed by some as a younger sister of Anaisa Pye.

Titi / Ti Yuana Pyè is believed by many to be a young Bruja "Witch" but in actuality she is that and so much more, she is also a great Medium, and in life was believed to be an Espiritista Mediamnidad de Mano Derecha and Presidente de Mesa.

Like Juana de Arco who received messages from San Miguel, Santa Margarita and Santa Caterina, in Sanse Anaisa la Chiquitita / Ti Yuana Pyè  is a muertera / Espiritista who brings visions, prophesies and premonitions.

She walks in Centros Espiritistas de la Mesa Blanca Criolla and Folclorica pouring her facultades and corrientes espirituales.  Like Anaisa Pyè, Ti Yuana Pyè is always surrounded by Belie Belcan and works with him under the Ogun, the Macole and Fuego Division, but she is also an India who works Agua Dulce and is a great curandera, yerbera and or a santiguadora who heals those in battle with the tools Ogoun has given her, thus she also works closely with Ogun Balendjo. As a Santiaguadora and Curandera she helps to heal psychic attacks and helps give strength and endurance in psychic warfare.  She helps Curanderas and Santiguadores, in cleansing the aura of any astral larvae, etheric parasites, removing the negative energies of psychic vampires, and cleanses the auric layer of Empaths, she aids in cleansing the body of filth and dirt that the individual may pick up.  She often cleanses with spiritual waters, oils, perfumes and seven drops of Pompeya Cologne, which to it is added a yellow, white or orange lily flower with a miniature golden metal sword to represent both Belie Belcan and Ogou Balendjo.  Her colors are gold, red and blue, and while she is very feminine, she also has a Marimacha aspect to her because she is a fighter who does not get intimidated very easily.  Often to those who serve her, her image is placed alongside San Miguel and Santa Ana; San Miguel is always placed in the center.



LAS SIETE VUELTAS 
DE ANAISA PYE

Although seven are the most widely known Vueltas, and the most that manifest within Fiestas Espirituales, Anaisa Pye is the first to say she only has seven, but this of course is known by her servitors as "a little white lie", and is a way for her to protect her identity and that of her children's Cuadro Espiritual from others.  Anaisa has many vueltas although 7 are the main ones and she is one of the few Lwa who has a vuelta in almost every Division, and is one of the few Metresa Loa who can be around the Ghuede, including her close friend, rival and comadre, Metres Lubana "Mama Chimbi / Santa Marta La Dominadora".  But no matter what vuelta she chooses to manifest herself as, and only the true servitors know her name, she will often proclaim.  "Bonswa yo soy Anaisa Pye!, or Las Buenas Noches Criollos, yo soy Anaisa Pye.". Anaisa often comes as the wife or maiden, but it is not unheard of that she comes as Aracoel ancient Grand Mother, I'naru' the ripe Woman or Nana the maiden Girl child.

ANAISA PYE BASICO
Anaisa Pye Basico as she is known in the Dominican Republic.  Anaisa Pye in one of her eldest of vueltas and is the one that is most widely known and venerated.  She as most of her vueltas is a woman of Indigenous blood, or a mix of Indigenous and African or Indigenous and European.  But as Anaisa, this Metresa Lwa, pertains to the Indian Division, or the Agua Dulce Division, and is one of the few of that Division who enjoys her liquor, especially golden beer, anisette liquor or sweet champagne.  In this aspect she is the Golden flower, the Lady of the Sun Flower, lady of the lake and stream, who enjoys her pumpkins, honey, Cinnamon, mimosas, lirios, girasoles and golden silks.  Anaisa Pye in this vuelta as in most works the element of water, while Belie Belcan works the elements of air and fire and does not work water.  In this vuelta Anaisa works for him in all travajos espirituales involving Belie Belcan and water.

It is this Anaisa and her mother Sili Freda "Metresili" who are often mistaken with the African Orisha known as Ochun, but Anaisa does have a separate vuelta who is more closely associated with Ochun, known as Cachita Tumbo. 

CACHITA TUMBO
Cachita Tumbo although a vuelta of Anaisa, is an ancient Taino River Spirit, known as Coatrisque.  In this aspect she is a great lover, but also a dangerous advisory as she not only governs over the rivers, but also floods, which devours and envelopes anything in her path, it is this vuelta that is the closest in association to the African Orisha Ochun, as the name Cachita is used for Ochun and both are synchronized with La Caridad del Cobre.  The name Cachita is said to come from the Taino word Cacica, meaning Female Chief.

ANAISSO
Anaisso is her Haitian Vuelta and pertains to the Petro Division.  She is a powerful Mambo who works her wangas and bilongos by the river, and speaks a mix dialect of Haitian Kreyol and Dominican, she is both Patua and Cibao.  In this aspect she dresses in Gold and Black.

ANAISA GUINE LUÀ
Anaisa Guine Luá is a Lwa Mambo who has most of her blood in Africa.  In this vuelta Anaisa Guine Luá is very stern, always serious and very austere, unlike most of her vueltas which are happy, flirtatious and light hearted.  In this older "Aracoel Grand mother"
more mature vuelta, she dresses in amber, gold, yellow and white. 

CORONELA ANAISA LA FRONTE
Coronela Anaisa La Fronte, is a great Nitaino warrior Loa, that pertains to the Ogun Division.  This is her least feminine aspect, and is a mighty warrior who fights alongside Belie Belcan and uses his colors, Red, Green and Blue.  In this vuelta she is a militant warrior, and has much masculine qualities, which is so unlike the rest of her vueltas who are more feminine.  Often this vuelta is viewed as a Lezbian, as she fights alongside male loa and completely ignores flirting or courting with men.  She fights with her Machetes or swords which is often tied with the colors associated with Belie Belcan. 

ANAISA LA GAGA
Anaisa la Gaga is the vuelta that works under the Division Lebane and works closely with Papa Legba.  In this vuelta she loves to dance and twirl, and speakes in studders, as every time she turns another vuelta or spirit of Anaisa manifests.

ANAISA APIE SAUCO
Anaisa Apie Sauco, Ana Isapie Sauco orAnaisa Oko sister of "Azaka" Saka de Pye, she often works close with Anaisa la Gaga, and blesses all with the fruites of their labor, by opening the doors of better buisness.  She is the buisness woman, lady of the marketplace, hardest worker of the vueltas, and often works with Gran Bua, Osanj, and sends Belie Belcan to bless those who work hard and toil the earth.  She is also a great yerbera, curandera and santiguadora, who prepares sobos with her herbs, roots, perfumes and cleanses and heals those that come to her. She is the ancient Indian Wise woman, both female I'naru' Behique and I'naru Bohitu "  Female Taino Priestess and Shaman" who works with Gran Bua, Gran Bosque, and Osanje, and all the elementals and Loases of the forests and knows the healing and medical properties of every herb.  She is also a great story teller, and enjoys an Arieto party done in old Taino and Arawaque fashion.  Although in this vuelta she lives in the deep woods or swamp lands away from society, she is always willing to heal those that seach her ancient wisdom. 

ANAISA SIMILŐ
Anaisa Similó:
In this aspect she is la Nana who mourns.and suffers the atrosity done to the Taino people.  She morns the deaths of her children and husbands, the Nitaino Warriors and Naboria to the mistreament, diseases, rape, kidnapping and enslavement brought on to her home land.  She is ofren seen manifesting in areas where many of her people lost their lives, and she is a Muertera gathering their souls in her motherly embrace.  In this aspect she dresses in royal purple, black and gold trims. 

NENA ANAISA LA CHIQUITA
Nena Anaisa La Chiquita is one of the youngest vueltas of Anaisa, and she pertains to the Marasa.  She enjoys sweets, chocolates, and enjoys everything that is feminine.  It is this vuelta who is associated with the young Mary next to Santa Ana and she is also known as Ana Maria Chica and one of the most innocent of Anaisa vueltas who enjoys the simplicity of flowers and sweetness of sugar cane, but with a simple turn of her dance can become mature and sexual.

The relationship of Anaisa and her parents Ogun Balendjo and Metresili "Metres Mambo Esili Freda Daome" in this vuelta is a rocky one.  She was raised by Maîtresse Erzulie, her grandmother "Santa Ana".  In this vuelta she does not get along well with her mother Metresili "Erzulie Freda / Metres Mambo Esili Freda Daome", as Metresili does not approve of her daughters tactics and relationship with her husband.  Often Anaisa Pye flirts with her father Ogun Balendjo who did not raise her; she does this so that she can get what ever she wants from her father, who spoils her.  Metresili also does not approve of the relationship Anaisa holds with her father, as she often backs him to a wall to get that which she desires.   Ogun Balendjo loves his daughter deeply, and feels a some what remose for not raising her, that he gives her all she desires.

ANAISA DANTŐ PIER
Anaisa Dantó Pier This is the fierce niece / daughter of Ersulie Dantor, and like her aunt / mother she is a fierce Petro Loa.  She is strong, aggressive, and often argumentative, who is viewed as spoiled, arrogant and throws tantrums in mammoth proportions, which Dantor instilled to spite Sili Freda, "Anaisa's birth mother".  In this vuelta she comes under the Petro and Guede, and is a very fierce aggressive Loa.

ANAISA SANGRIŇÈ
Anaisa Sangriñé is a Petro vuelta of Anaisa who enjoys a party and enjoys to drink beer and sangria, but with the more she consumes liquor the more violent and dangerous she can be.  She is of brute force, who loves to dance and laugh but if offended she will begin to cry like her mother Metresili "Ersili Freda" and will become defensive and often violent.  In this vuelta she dresses in red, yellow and gold.

MADEMOISELLE ANAIS
Mademoiselle Anaís or Anaisa la Haitiana Is the youngest daughter of Metresili, and often is the mouthpiece of her mother as she always speaks for her, since she knows the will and desires of her mother.  Although Mademoiselle Anaís is one of the youngest of her vueltas, in this punto she is very feminine, independent,  sensual, flirty, coquettish and statuesque.  Yellow and gold sequined dresses with glitter is her favorite clothing and she often wears heavy makeup, high heels, lots of jewelry, fans, and mirrors, she enjoys her cigarettes and drinks champagne with a hint of pompeya perfume. In this vuelta, Mademoiselle Anaís refuses beer, and besides her champagne enjoys Aguardiente, Brandy, Absinthe, Anisette, and Sambucca.

There is a story that says that Anaisa was conceived in Africa, but born in Aiti /Quisqueya.  Her mother Metresili and her father Ogun Balendjo tried to raise her, but they had their hands full as the suffering of their people in the New World had them very occupied.  At age 3 Metresili brought young Anaisa Pye to a Catholic monastery, and left her there with a nun, who was to raise and care for Anaisa until she reached adulthood.  Unknown to Metresili the nun was actually her mother Gran Sili who transformed herself into a white Spanish nun.  Gran Sili raised Anaisa until she was 13.  At this age Anaisa wanted her freedom and became the Loa she is today.

GRAN MADRE ANAISA
La Gran Madre Anaisa or Anaisa La Grande is a vuelta of Gran Maîtresse Erzulie, who is also known as Ana Mambo Pye or Ana Mandro Piel, she is the one sinchrenized with Santa Ana.  La Gran Madre Anaisa is the Indian Punto of the Rada Loa Gran Maîtresse Erzulie, mother of Ersili Freda "Metresili" and Ersili Dantor, and as the other is loving, wise, benevolent, a wise counselor and a sage woman who is as wise and as immortal as time itself.  Her colors in this vuelta are soft pink, yellows and white, and is a Loa of cleanliness and order.  It is she who as a loving grandmother raised Anaisa, child of Ersili Freda "Metresili".




ANA MANDRO PIEL
Ana Mandro Piel, or Matresse Mambo Ana, this vuelta of Anaisa is the mother of all the vueltas of the Metresas, and she is mature, wise, ancient, benevolent, and has become like her daughter Metresili, Erzulie Freda.

ANAISA LA RADA
Anaisa La Rada is the Spanish name and vuelta of La Gran Madre Anaisa and Gran Maîtresse Erzulie, mother of Erzulie Freda "Metresili" and Erzulie Dantor.  She is a highly venerated Punto of Anaisa, and is the Mother of authority.  The great mistress, priestess loa, she sits in the council of the highest of Rada Loa. 

ANAISA OLUFERO
Olufero or Elefuro, is Anaisa in her ancient Arara Rada Yoruba Orisha Queen vuelta that never mounts a human head for she is a primordial Imole "Irunmole", and is closely associated to Dambala and a path of Obatala.  In this aspect she governs over the sweet scented oils, sweet waters and will not take perfumes but pure fragrant essential oils, she also loves silver combs, mirrors and black dolls dressed in Gold and White.

ANAISA LA CONGA
Anaisa la Conga is the vuelta who is a powerful Palera and is closely associated to Mama Chola Wengue, and Bombozira of Congolese, Bantu and Arawaque Origin.  Like many of her puntos or vueltas, Anaisa La Conga is not to be called on lightly and unless one is her child and pertains to her mysteries. She is a wealthy Loa, who is often arrogant tempermental and bitter when crossed the wrong way.  She works under the Petro Loa and is close to  Legba Carifou, and loves a great Palo Fiesta, in which she asks for an offering of a Calf and much beer.  Anaisa la Conga dresses in gold, black, amber, brown, red and yellow.  Like her mother Metresili she wears much jewelry and a ring on every finger.  But don't expect this vuelta to come weeping, she fills the area with laughter, but curses and punishes those that do not meet her lavish demands.  In this vuelta she is similar to the Brazilian Pomba Gira of the Umbanda tradition and also resides in the crossroads with Legba Carifou, and the Congolese Lucero Mundo, Pambu Nzila, which is her Consort.

ANAISA GUEDÈ
Anaisa Guedé is the Punto of Anaisa in Guede the great comadre of Marta la Bruja, and rival of la Baronesa, as she often flirts with el Baron del Cementerio.  She is a great muertera in this vuelta and works closely and under el Baron del Cementerio and Guede Limbo.  Her colors hear are purple, pink and gold, and is a guedesa whose pranks and mannerism rival that of Luis Ghede. 

Anaisa Guedé works strong wangas with el Baron del Cementerio, and often flirts with him so that he may teach her his mysteries and secrets.  This she does by wearing lots of perfume, wearing red and hot pink dresses, and using her fans and honey to provoke the Baron.  She is also a master in the arts of flirtimg with the Spanish fan, and dips her fingers in her jiguera of pink honey to entice him.  In part Anaisa does so to learn his secrets as much as she does this to aggravate her rival La Baronesa who is the Queen of the Cemetery, and has little tolerance for Anaisa's ways.  These two Metresa do not get along, and are never in the same room together, as Anaisa always tests La Baronesa's patience and provokes a fight, in which she then runs to el Baron, proclaiming to be the victim of La Baronesa's wrath.

Papa Guedé Limbo and Anaisa Guedé's relationship is that of a sibling rivalry relationship, often that of an older brother and the intolerant younger sister.  They often disagree, fight, bicker, and are often competitive.  But this compairs little to Anaisa's relationship with the other Ghede, especially Luis Guedé.  Now while most Meteresas retreat and leave as soon as the foul acting Ghuede "Guedé" come along.  Anaisa Guedé takes it upon herself to provoke them.  She dislikes their profanity, and calls them dirty, as she pours beer, champagne or even perfume on them, to remove the stench of rotting flesh.   

ANAISA LA GRIGRI
Anaisa Fé Grigri or Fe Gri Gri In this vuelta Anaisa is the Gypsi, similar to that of Pomba Gira Cigana in the Umbanda Tradition.  She dances in twirls like a belly dancer or flamenco and spins in spirals and is the feminine aspect of Lucero Mundo.  She is the great Gypsi Witch who prepares potions and concoctions, and fortells the future with Tarot, Spanish Fortune Telling Cards, Dice, Crystal Balls, Palmistry, tea leaves and even cigars.  She is the great maker of charms, talismans and amulets, and although she is a little older than many of the Vueltas, she is still beautiful, exotic, flirtatious and coquettish, who is never without her Spanish Fan made out of peacock feathers or lace.  In this vuelta she dresses in Black and Red or Gold and Black.

ANAISO LA PÉ MANDÉ
Anaisó La Pé Mandé.  When William Congreve, wrote the famouse line in, The Mourning Bride, 1697. " Heaven has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turned, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorned."  If he was not talking about this vuelta of Anaisa, he should have been.  Anaisó La Pé Mandé, is another Punto Petro of Anaisa Pye, who is as dangerous and savage as an encaged beast. She is the India of the Amazon Rain forest who runs free and wild as a leapard or tigress and is as wild and as dangerous.  But also morns the murder, rape, and atrocities done to her people.  When not angered Anaisó La Pé Mandé is an indomitable rebel, yet authoritative and perfectionist, who like almost all her vueltas loves to dance Palo music.  She enjoys her yellow scarves and tiger or leopard prints.

ANAISA CANDELO PYE
Anaisa Candelo Pye is the comadre of Candelo and Candelina, and spiritual godmother of Candelito.  (Candelito's spiritual godfather is Belie Belcan.). She is the daughter of Ogou Chango known as Anaina or Chango Aiña. In this vuelta she dresses in Gold, white and Red, and is a very passionate Misterio and great lover, guardian, protector and teacher of orphaned children.
Anaisa is very close to her compadre / padrino, Candelo Cedife, and although Anaisa is a very liberated Loa, always flirtacious she is always on her best behavior when she is near Candelo, who is Belie Belcan's closest of friends.  Anaisa and Candelo's relationship is that of a love hate relationship, although each hold a mutual respect for one another for the sake of Belie Belcan, and of course his piece of mind.  Often Candelo scolds or chastisises Anaisa for her flirtarious ways, but Anaisa knows all the mysteries of charming both men and spirit, and she does the same with Candelo Cedife, who has a soft spot for her.  Unlike her love hate relationship with Mama Chimbi / Metres Lubana / Santa Marta La Dominadora and other Metresas, Anaisa Pye adores Candelina, as she is said to be the godmother of Candelito.

In this vuelta Anaisa Candelo Pye works alongside Candelina Cedife and is the vuelta to Chango's daughter of fire Anaina "Aiňa", who are both guardians of the souls of women who where burned alive in the steak and fire.  She embodies both the heat of passion, fire itself, and the lakes of fire.

ANAISO SIMBI PYE
Anaisó Simbí Pye is the Mistress of the fresh waters, she is an Undine water nymph.  In this vuelta she is a powerful witch, and river snakes and anacondas are her messengers.  But although she resides in sweet waters, she is just as comfortable in ocean water surrounded by La Sirena, Ague Taroyo and all the spirits and courts of the sea, who spoil her with all the lost treasures of the sea.  She dresses in golds, aqua, and pink, in honor of all the Divisions that she is close to.

Besides Candelina one of the few Metresas to get along with Anaisa is Mama Chimbi / Lubana Filomina "Santa Marta la Dominadora". Their relationship is often playful and competitive, but at times can get a bit over bearing.  When it comes to handsome new lobo or servidor, both fight for the head like.two venemous vipers, in a battle that usually last the individuals entire life, as both are often to arrogant and self absorbed to give in.  When they are not bickering over a male, they often work Wangas together especially those of dominating a lover.  In this vuelta the serpents she works "in acts of love or lust" is the male sperm and the female ovum egg. 

ANAISA LIMINA
Anaisa Limina, she is the one of the threshold, between life and death, and in this vuelta she is closely associated with the Bendita Anima Solas.

ANAISA DE LAS SIETE VUELTAS
AnaIsa de las 7 Vueltas, this is a gypsy who dances in Flamenco Duende fashion, with her Spanish skirt of seven ruffles, and enjoys lots of jewelry, hair combs, perfumes and consults by reading palms or looking into the palm of her right hand "which is a mirror' as she consults others.  She is unpredictable, and like a Sybil is a prophet or oracle, you never know what mood you are gonna get as it changes quickly.  She enjoys fans, and lace Spanish combs and mantillas.


Ay Belie Ay Belie dile a Anaisa Pye, que suba que yo la quiero ver.  Ay Belie, Ay Belie dile a Anaisa Pye que suba que la quiero ver.


Yo voy pa la fiesta, yo voy pal cibao, que te pasa mi negra que no te ha montao.  Yo voy pa la fiesta, yo voy pal cibao que te pasa mi nena que no te montao.

Ay Belie, Ay Belie, dile a Anaisa Pye que suba, que yo la quiero ver. Ay Belie, Ay Belie dile a Anaisa Pye que suba que yo la quiero ver.

Oyeme mi hermano que yo me quiero ir, donde esta Belie yo no lo veo aqui.  Oyeme mi hermano, que yo me quiero ir, donde esta Belie yo no lo veo aqui.

Ay Belie, Ay Belie, dile a Anaisa Pye, que suba, que la quiero ver.
Que suba, que suba Anaisa. Que suba, que suba. Ay Belie. Que suba, que suba Anaisa. Que suba que suba Ay Belie Que suba que suba Anaisa. Que suba que suba Ay Belie, que suba Anaisa Pye, que con sus siete vueltas yo puedo vencer


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Thursday, April 5, 2012

CACHITA TUMBO Puerto Rican Sanse Tradition

CACHITA TUMBO

CACHITA TUMBO

One day in the early summer of June 2006, I was walking through the quaint picturesque New England seaport town of Newburyport.    It had been a year into me being baptized and receiving my first puntos within Sanse and I was returning shortly to receive other ceremonies.  Although I had no spiritual encounters in my mind, just some whale watching and some New England souvenirs shopping for my God Parents, Mother and family members in Puerto Rico.  I had no idea that the spirits, in the form of a photo, would find me.

I had just come off of the whale watching tour, "an experience that I highly recommend every person do once in their lifetime", the adrenaline rush of the experience still had not settled.  Just to be in the presence of these huge magnificent creatures of God and the feeling of how small one is in the scheme of things; next to these enormous docile and beautiful creatures, was one of the most euphoric experiences of my life.  After whale watching, me and the group of friends who accompanied me on this day trip, sat down to grab some lunch.  I remember sitting with them and talking about which whale was the Humpbacks, Minkes or Finbacks, because in all reality we did not have the slightest idea on which was which, or for that matter which species we had seen.  We also spoke of what stores and sights we were to visit in this tourist filled Massachusetts coastal town, when the conversation as it usually does amongst Hispanics took a turn into the world of spirituality, spirits and our spiritual journeys in life. 

On my part of the conversation, I talked of my abuelitos "grandparents" and of my summer visits with them in Puerto Rico and my Espiritismo upbringing.  I spoke of the teachings they instilled within me and how I carried them deep within my heart.  I talked about my Tia and her being the first Sancista in my family.  I talked about how in my mid teens,  I was invited by a school mate to his Godmother's Bembe for Ochun and how a Priestess Santera had become possessed by the Orisha Ochun and how under the influence of Ochun, claimed me as her child and prophesied that she would always be with me and that she would prove it with pruebas that all came true.   I talked about my recieving my collares and Guerrilleros in Cuban Lukumi, my dabbling in American Pagan Witchcraft, my spiritual consultation with a Cuban Palero.  I talked about my "pruebas" as prophesied by Ochun. My spyral down fall into depression and alcohol, and how the Orisha Ochun, my guia Cachita Tumbo and my Muertos led me back into Sanse and Espiritismo.  It was a circle, a cycle I had to undertake to prove my spiritual strength and faculties in overcoming my trials and tribulations of life and coming out confident, wiser and stronger.

After our lunch we decided to do some shopping and visit as many shops and botiques as possible.   As we walked around the many red bricked sidewalks I decided to sit for a moment on a bench and light a cigarette and take a break from the hot June sun under a red maple, tree and I remenber thinking how amazingly beautiful Newburyport must be in October when the leaves of the Red Maple would turn its infamous fiery red and match the red brick buildings and red cobblestone streets of the seaport city.  





Then out of the corner of my eye I saw a thrift store that sold carved wooden canes, that reassembled those used in Cuban Espiritismo Cruzado, and an array of Pagan glass witches balls and wind chimes that could be seen hanging from the window pane. I immediately got up and went in and looked around; not really looking for anything in particular, when I suddenly came upon this exquisite and unique image of the Virgen Mary and Christ Child.   The Madonna was clearly a mulatta or meztisa, not the traditional blue eyed, blond haired, fair skinned Caucasian Virgin of Catholic paintings.  She was dressed in a blue dress that looked as if it were made of blue water with a pink shawl tied to her side, her veil was white with golden embroidery, and around her and the holy child were orange daisies and yellow roses that encircled the crowns she and the child wore upon their heads.  On further inspection of the photo I noticed that the Holy Child within the Virgin's arms and half covered by her vale was dressed in Pink and blue and resembled more a female child then the traditional male child.   I remember thinking.  "Ochun and Cachita Tumbo, and how this may have been how the Africans slaves and the Indigenous people of times long passed must have felt on looking upon Catholic Saints, Angels and Holy Mothers, and envisioning within them their ancient spirits.  I asked the lady how much was the framed photo, as it had to be mine.   She smiled and politely said, that it had belonged to her mother who in life was devoted to this particular Madonna and had brought the image from Italy and that it was not for sale.  I thanked her and asked her, who was this beautiful Virgin on the picture, and how the profile reminded me of Puerto Rico's patroness Our Lady of Providence and Cuba's Our Lady of Charity.  Her reply to me was that it was la Madonna della Neve, her feast day was August 5th and that she was the patron of the village in Italy where her mother was born. 




CACHITA DE LA CARIDAD

Óyeme Cachita, tengo una rumbita pá que tu la bailes como la bailo yo.
Cachita, Cachita Cachita!  Mí pedazo de cielo que Dios me dio.

Many people confuse Cachita Tumbo with the Metresa Anaisa Pye, and although they are very similar Misterios that embody the essence of love, they are not the same.  While it is true that both are Native Spirits, Anaisa Pye, or Anaisa la Chiquita as she is known in Puerto Rico, symbolizes raw sexual energy, and desire.   In the Taino language Anaisa can be broken down to "Ana" meaning Yellow Flower, "I" being that of Spirit,  Nana being a female girl child, Ni being that of water, and Xa pronounced Shah, loving nickname given to daughters.  Many Taino women had the name Ana within their name or Iza as in Yuiza.

Cachita Tumbo is seen as a Petro Loa of fertility, and has also been associated with the Orisha Ochun.  Again they are very similar in that both spirits are of rivers and fresh waters.  But while Ochun is an African Spirit known as an Orisha, brought to the Americas with the slaves, Cachita Tumbo is a Cemi / Zemis Spirit and has her origins in Taino  spirituality that was believed to have been extinct and eradicated.  Which in all reality it transformed for the perpouse of survival.  As many Misterios often do, she can belong to various Division of Spirits.  She is a Metresa as well as a Petro Spirit, and one that falls under the "Indio" Agua Dulce Division.   In her being synchronized with Ochun she falls under the Lokomis Division of Spirits.   (Lukumi)

Cachita Tumbo has her origins in two Taino Zemis, the first being Atabeira the Mother of Fresh Waters and the other being Coatrisquie the Zemi who gathered the fresh waters and made them swell within her womb and created the floods.


Coatrisquie


In the Lukumi tradition popularly known as Santeria, there is a legend that tells how Ochun and Oya are in constant competition and battle over the love of their husband Chango.  This Santeria legend, which is known as an apataki is surprisingly similar to the Taino legend that tells the tale of when the female Zemi of fierce winds Guabancex quarrelled with her messenger Guatauba / Guatava the Zemi of thunder, lightning and rainstorms they would create the Spirit Jurakan. This would unsettle the docile Coatrisquie / Coatrischi , who would fill her rivers with waters and eventually caused havoc on the Natives that built their Bohio "huts" along the riverbank.  In a way this was as if the natural forces of Guatava, Jurakan Guabancex and  Coatrisquie where having a cosmic battle.  Guatava in his rainstorms would be equivalent to the male sperm while the rivers represent  Coatrisquie's womb overflowing with water creating both death and from it rebirth and new life.  Coatrisquie's overflowing would be as that of a woman's amniotic fluid inside her womb.


Atabeira




Atabeira /  Atabeyra / Attabeira /Atabey was translated in Spanish to mean "Madre de las Aguas" or Mother of Waters, and was known by many names.  Some being Apito, Siella, Suimado, Mamona, Guacarapita, Liella, Guimazoa, Iella, and Ieamaye. The latter Ieamaye sounding similar to the Orisha Yemaya and the Yoruba Yemonja, who was originally viewed as a River Deity that resided within the Ogun River and was not associated with the Ocean until the Middle passages of the Slave Trade.  Until then Olokun was viewed as the deity of the depths of the Ocean.  (The Yamaye Taino tribe of Xaymaca "Jamaica" where named after her which they called Atabeira Ieamaye or Atabex .)

Atabeira is the Supreme feminine deity of the Taino people and was worshipped as the progenitor of the life-giving earth God Yúcahu Bagua which was the Lord of Land and Sea.  She was his equal and his feminine counterpart.  She was the Goddess of fertility, motherhood and sexual desires.   Her messengers in Borinquen where the tree frogs Coqui, whose matting call is increased during rainy season.  In the time of the Taino this was an indication and a message from the Zemi to plant their crops, especially that of the cassava/yuca.  It was a time when the earth was fertile, and sexual activities increased because of their confinement to their Bohio in part due because of the heavier rains.   Atabeira and Yucahu are Earth Spirit Gods, and not to be confused with the Cosmic Creator of the universe Yaya, who was never directly worshipped by the Taino.

In Taino Zemi petroglyph "carvings and drawings of the Zemis" Atabeira is often depicted in a squatting position.  This position is symbolic of a women in preparation for sexual intercourse, the position held during childbirth, the position held by women during the release of urine and feces and the position of her messengers the Coqui tree frogs. The first three are symbolic of Atabeira as the creator, of the earth God Yucahu, humans on earth and the sea, which is her urine, and as a sexual deity.


Praise to Attabeira


Bibi Atabey.  Attabeira Yermao Guacar Apito Zuimaco, Atte aya Yocahu Bagua Maorokoti,  Coaiba Mamona, Atte itabo era, Aturo aya wakia Itiba Cahubaba, Ocama Yucayeke Taino Wakia Arawaka, Yermao waka waili, Wakia Yari, Busica Ketauri, Inaru Matum. Busica wakia Ahia Hu De Tai Ku Buya Jan Jan Nabori Daca, Jan Jan Katu.

Mother Atabey oh Great Attabeira Yermao Guacar Apito Zuimaco. Mother of God, Heavenly Mother of the Moon, Mother of Waters, Sister of our Ancient Bleeding Mother.  Hear our Taino People and Protect our Children, Our Precious Jewels.  Give us Life oh Generous Woman. Give us your Blessing, Good Spirit Yes.  I am your servant.  So Be It


Mama Cachita Tumbo

CACHITA TUMBO



Cachita Tumbo embodies both Atabeira and  Coatrisque, and as thus is an enormously powerful Misterio.  She is a lover, a mother, a teacher and the provider of the sweet waters that sustains life on earth.  But as she is a giver of life she is also a destroyer and rebuilder,  she is the energy that can destroy in order to make way for new life. 

Her first name Cachita comes from a few words with Taino origin.  The word Cacica which means female supreme chief and ruler, the Taino word Calichi which means the Fountain from the highest Mountain, and Kachi which means golden ray of light from the Sun.   In Caribbean Creole Spanish Cachita is a broken down word for little one, Chiquita.  (One must understand that the Indigenous people where shorter in stature than the European.)  Also as I stated before Caxi which was a shortened version of the name for Coatrisque.

Tumbo is Spanish for a violent motion of the body, first going in one direction and then to another direction, which is generally caused by a lack of balance.  It can also come from the word, Tumbar which means to tumble, topple or overthrow.  This emphasizes Cachita Tumbo's abilities to cause floods within villages, an occurrence that happens today with rural pueblos near rivers.

Cachita Tumbo can also be felt through her abilities to be a conductor of electric currents.   She is the Misterio that converts fluid flow energy to electric energy.

Cachita Tumbo also works with other Spirits of the Agua Dulce Division such as Padre de Agua or El Rey del Agua, who is also called Agua Dulce, or Baba Yague and is synchronized with Saint John the Baptist.  Without the watchful eye of Padre de Agua, baptisms into Sanse would be almost impossible.  Rio Tempestoso which is synchronized with Saint Christopher and Tindjo Alague which is synchronized with Saint Rafael.

Unlike Santeria in which all the Orisha have their own numbers, in Puerto Rican Sanse the Misterios share the number, 3, 7 and 21.  But each has their own offerings, and like Ochun, Cachita Tumbo enjoys pumpkins, honey, eggs, citrus fruits, Brown sugar, cinnamon, star anise as well as Mangoes,  guavas, guanabana sour sop and quenepas.  She enjoys sweets, perfumes, mirrors, jewelry and fans.  Her colors are amber, yellow, gold, orange, blue and green.   Unlike Anaisa she does not enjoy tobacco, but does like Spiced Rums, champagne, beer, and Anisette liquor.  

Traditionally her image is that of Our Lady of Charity, while others use Our Lady of Divine Providence, and her feast day is celebrated with that of la Caridad del Cobre, which is September 8th.


Oracion a Cachita Tumbo

CACHITA TUMBO

¡Oh Cachita, Cachita Tumbo! ¡Oh Espíritu de la Cacica India, Cachita Tumbo! Gran Metresa Reina Soberana de el amor.  India morena de mi devocion, de piel dorada, canela con miel.  No me desampare de su proteccion, y guia me, de noche y de dia.  En nombre del campo sagrado, del Padre, Hijo, y Espiritu Santo.  Salve Reina Madre Cachita Tumbo.  Ten piedad sobre mi. Gracias y Misericordia Mama Cachita Tumbo.  Jan Jan Katu, Aché y Amen.


Prayer to Cachita Tumbo.


¡Oh Cachita, Cachita Tumbo!  ¡Spirit of the female Indian Chief, Cachita Tumbo!  Great Mistress sovereign queen of love. Indian Spirit of my divotion, she who is of golden skin with cinnamon and honey.  Guide and protect me and do not forsake me, neither night nor day.  In the name of the Sacred Fields of Spirits, and the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.  Praise be Queen Mother Cachita Tumbo.  Show mercy apon me, and for this I shall thank you Mother Cachita Tumbo. So be it, Amen. 


The Concept of Viewing these Spirits
as whores, harlots and prostituetes.

CACHITA DE LA CARIDAD
THE SIBONEY TAINO AND THE AFRICAN SLAVE.

I can not tell you how many followers of African Traditional Religions in the Americas, discredit and have the false concept that the Orisha Ochun, the Misterio Cachita Tumbo is a lady of the night or that the Loa, Anaisa Pye is a Prostitute.  This way of viewing these spirits stems from the repressed mind set of the dominant Christian views that were placed upon us in the Americas. 

Let me explain this by talking about the biblical Mary Magdeline, who was believed to have been a Prostitute.  In all reality there is no mention of her ever being such in any of the biblical versus, she was a woman plagued by seven demons.  Jesus felt pity apon her and casted out these demons from her body.  She was so grateful that she became one of his most beloved disciples and followers.  When the 12 male disciplines, with the exception of John the Beloved abandoned Jesus during his arrest, persecution and crusification, it was she who never left his side.  She was present in the crowd when he was persecuted, was present during his crusification, was one of the women pressent during the burial of Christ, along side Jesus mother Mary, was one of the few that anointed his corpse with perfumed oils, and was one of the first to witness his resurrection. 

Mary Magdeline was incorrectly and falsly believed to have been the same woman, who was to be stoned to death for practicing prostitution on the Holy Sabath day, and her life was saved and spared by Jesus.  She latter anointed Jesus feet with oil and washed them with her tears, kisses and hair.  In all reality this woman by name was never mentioned in the Bible.  The view of anything feminine holding power or great importance was not only discredited within Christian religions but Christianity also placed this belief within African and Native American spirituality.
While both African and Indigenous female spirits are known for being highly sexual entities.  This view has to do with them fertilizing the earth and making it sustainable, and livable for human life on earth. To view them as whores or prostitues, one is literary subjecting oneself to the Spanish Conquistadors mind set of African Woman and Taino woman being less than Perras,"bitches."

Women within indigenous cultures were not oppressed or seen as less than their male counterparts, in fact they were viewed as equals.  Women were the mothers, they could hold titles of Chiefs, could bring forth life, were the medicine woman who understood the wisdom of the healing of herbs.   They were intellegent. had minds of their own, and while men seeked war, the women seeked peace and communal understanding with apposing tribes and the Spanish. They were also fierce warriors and fighters, and the Amazon Rainforest was named after a tribe of warrior native women that resembled that of the Amazons of Greek and Roman mythology.
Every country in the Americas has their version of Pocahontas, Anacaona, Yuiza, Kateri Tekakwitha and Sacagawea who through wit and wisdom played their important roles of both saviors and betrayers of their people's ways which is similar to that of the Egyptian Cleopatra or France's Marie Antoinette.

While the female Orisha and Loases do embody the pleasures of life and sexuality, they are also represented as destructive forces that equal that and are sometimes greater than their male counterparts.  They represent the need for freedom, and self expression, and also the dangers that follow when abusing anything in nature. 

The Loases and Orisha do enjoy sexual activities, dancing, laughter, music and those material things that are viewed by the living, as the finer things in life, they must also be viewed as Spirits of empowerment.  But many initiates wrongly self project their desires and needs for the  inappropriate behavior of touching or fondling others or the excuse for excessive drinking of alcohol and attribute it with that of being under possession of a Loa or Muerto.  I honestly believe that these are not the ways of the Orisha or Loa, but the ways of one's own personal demons which are placed in our presence and paths to overcome and conquer. 

As my Abuelita would say.  "Por cada un Angel que tenemos hay diez Diablos a su rededor".  For each Angel that we have, Ten Devils surround it.


Salve Reina Madre Cachita Tumbo. 
 Ten piedad sobre mi.


SANCISTA BRUJO LUIS