Prerequisites:
No prior knowledge is required to start this course
Recording (audio/video) and photographs are strictly forbidden
Location: Church of Candomble
Duration: 3 hours
A 15 minute break will be given
Dress code: Men must wear light coloured trousers, light coloured shirts (tracksuits are not permitted); women must wear long skirts, light in colour (see-through blouses are not permitted)
Traditional English tea will be served at the end of the course. A certificate stating you attended the course will be issued.
The course will be held in Portuguese or English, depending on the class.
Limited spaces.
Definition of Candomble (Beginner level)
Topics:
- Angola Nation (the history)
- Candomble Angola in England (Mae Eja’s history)
- How the orixas arrived in England
- The orixas and their history (general)
- Learn more about the 16 orixas (worshipped by Candomble Angola)
- The entities of Candomble
- How the orixas work day to day, their names, weekly calendar and monthly calendar
- Bead necklaces (colours)
- What is a Babalorixa, Yalorixa and Babalawo and their differences
Hierarchy - Cowry shells (the messenger)
- How to communicate with the orixas through the cowry shells
Prerequisites:
To have completed the Beginner level
Recording (audio/video) and photographs are strictly forbidden
Location: Church of Candomble
Duration: 3 hours
A 15 minute break will be given
Dress code: Men must wear light coloured trousers, light coloured shirts (tracksuits are not permitted); women must wear long skirts, light in colour (see-through blouses are not permitted)
Traditional English tea will be served at the end of the course. A certificate stating you attended the course will be issued.
The course will be held in Portuguese or English, depending on the class. Limited spaces.
Level 1
Topics:
1- Candomble Angola
- Its origins and distinctions
- Nations
- Angola/Ketu (regions)
2- Candomble Angola in England
- How it’s worshipped in England (adaptations)
- How it differs from Candomble in Brazil
- Orixas, adaptations made in England (climate, region)
- Characteristics of the orixas
- Music, parties and clothing of each orixa
- Elements of each orixa
- Entities of Candomble Angola: Exu, Boaideiro, Baiano, Bombagira, Eres
- How to become a Babalorixa/Yalorixa
- Hierarchy and its obligations
- Cowry shell reading (a guide on doubts and decisions to be made)
Prerequisites:
To have completed Level 1
Recording (audio/video) and photographs are strictly forbidden
Location: Church of Candomble
Duration: 3 hours
A 15 minute break will be given
Dress code: Men must wear light coloured trousers, light coloured shirts (tracksuits are not permitted); women must wear long skirts, light in colour (see-through blouses are not permitted)
Traditional English tea will be served at the end of the course. A certificate stating you attended the course will be issued.
The course will be held in Portuguese or English, depending on the class.
Limited spaces.
Level 2
Topics:
1- Candomble Nations
- Angola (Nago and Gege)
- Ketu
- Batuque
- Candomble Caboclo
2- Candomble Angola
- Leaves, foods (adaptations)
- Orixas
- Bori (Initiation)
- Feitura de santo or rebirth (Brazil and England)
3- Offerings and rituals
4- Orixas and their different characteristics (half/half = mege)
5- Entities X Trance
- Exu -Bombagira
- Eres – Boiadeiro – Baiano
6- Obligations
- Babalorixa/Yalorixa
- Hierachies within Candomble
7- Cowry shells
- Important decisions in the terreiro (Church of Candomble)