In addition to its origin in ritual, Yoruba theatre can be " traced to the ' theatrogenic ' nature of a number of the deities in the Yoruba pantheon, such as Obatala the arch divinity, Ogun the divinity of creativeness and Sango the divinity of the storm ", whose reverence is imbued " with drama and theatre and the symbolic overall relevance in terms of its relative interpretation.

Due to this experience, Obatala is said to have subsequently made it a taboo for any of his devotees to drink palm wine.

In female form among the Yoruba, Olokun is the wife of Olorun and, by him, the mother of Obatala and Odudua.

Obatala ( king of White Cloth ) is said to be the Olorun's second son, by others to be merely one of Olorun's favorite Orisha.

Obatala is Olorun's representative on earth and the shaper of human beings.

According to mythical stories Obatala is the eldest of all orisha and was granted authority to create the earth.

In Ifa, Obatala energy is the essence of Clarity.

Obatala is always referred to as The Orisa of the white cloth.

The moral judgment of Obatala is not based on this sense of Christian purity, but rather on this energies absolute ability to see clearly the total spectrum of energies or issues involved.

Obatala is seen as the King of the Orisa.

Obatala is also viewed as the Judge.

Obatala is said to have been the Molder of men.

When drinking too much Palm Wine dulled that Clarity, Obatala is said to have created deformed and handicapped people.

" That Red Palm oil is never placed on Obatala is another example of this.

That Obatala represents the Head is consistent.

For the Obatala child the expression and use of this primary energy is complex.

To an Obatala child things are either right or wrong there is no middle ground.

He is always dressed in white, hence the meaning of his name, Obatala ( King or ruler of the white cloth ).

In the Bahia State ( Brazil ), Obatala has been syncretized with Our Lord of Bonfim and is the subject of a large syncretic religious celebration, the Festa do Bonfim, which takes place in January in the city of Salvador and includes the washing of the church steps with a special water, made with flowers.

The snail Achatina fulica is used for religious purposes in Brazil as deity offering to Obatala as a substitute for the African Giant Snail ( Archachatina marginata ) that is used in Nigeria, because they are known by the same name ( Igbin, also known as Ibi or Boi-de-Oxalá in Brazil ) in both Brazil and Nigeria.

Eshu is recognized as a trickster and is childlike, while Eleggua is Eshu under the influence of Obatala.

She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, The Imprisonment of Obatala ", and " Going To St. Ives.

Alternative names include Damballa Weddo ( son of Odan Wedo ), Danbala, Danbala Wedo, Damballah Weddo, Danbhala Weddo, Obatala.

Shango's beads tell the story of " his " essence, the logic of Obatala ( white ) alternating in balance with the fire of Aganyu ( red ) in passion towards some goal.

On one of these visits Obatala, the King of White Clothes, took to the stage equipped with a mollusk that held in its shell some form of soil ; two winged beasts and some cloth like material.

When Oduduwa found the Obatala in a " tipsy " state, he simply took over and completed the tasks.

It appears from the cult dramas of the Itapa festival that Obatala was a dying and rising god.

The three-day rhythm of descent into the netherworld and subsequent resurrection on the third day shows the closeness of Obatala to the pre-canonical Israelite Yahweh and the figure of Jesus.

All the tales, or pataki, of Obatala, are designed to illuminate this reality.

The Obatala child will see a world of black and white.

For one thing, this is not a subject often discussed or analyzed.

But more important, and the thing which the casual traveler and the blind sojourner often do not see, is that these places and activities are often the settings in which Persians exercise their extraordinary aesthetic sensibilities.

Yet within this limitation there is an astonishing variety: design as intricate as that in the carpet or miniature, with the melodic line like the painted or woven line often flowing into an arabesque.

Yet often fear persists because, even with the most rigid ritual, one is never quite free from the uneasy feeling that one might make some mistake or that in every previous execution one had been unaware of the really decisive act.

`` Most often '', she says, `` it's the monogamous relationship that is dishonest ''.

If many of the characters in contemporary novels appear to be the bloodless relations of characters in a case history it is because the novelist is often forgetful today that those things that we call character manifest themselves in surface behavior, that the ego is still the executive agency of personality, and that all we know of personality must be discerned through the ego.

It is often stated that Copernican astronomy is ' simpler ' than Ptolemaic.

1543 A.D. is often venerated as the birthday of the scientific revolution.

But when these expectations are once too often ground into the dust, innocence can falter, since its strength is according to the strength of him who possesses it.

Next I refer to our program in space exploration, which is often mistakenly supposed to be an integral part of defense research and development.

The relatively long and often colorful selections in this anthology enable the reader to become genuinely absorbed in what is said, whether he responds with anger or applause.

The continuities, contrasts, and similarities discernible when past and present are surveyed together are inexhaustible and the one is often understood through the other.

It is true that this distinction between style and idea often approaches the arbitrary since in the end we must admit that style and content frequently influence or interpenetrate one another and sometimes appear as expressions of the same insight.

The volume is a piece of passionate special pleading, written with the heat -- and often with the wisdom, it must be said -- of a Liberal damning the shortsightedness of politicians from 1782 to 1832.

That he read some of the books assigned to him with a studied carefulness is evident from his notes, which are often so full that they provide an unquestionable basis for the identification of reviews that were printed without his signature.

The religious quest is often intense and deep, and there are students on every campus who are seriously wrestling with the most profound questions of meaning and value.

His neighbors celebrated his return, even if it was only temporary, and Morgan was especially gratified by the quaint expression of an elderly friend, Isaac Lane, who told him, `` A man that has so often left all that is dear to him, as thou hast, to serve thy country, must create a sympathetic feeling in every patriotic heart ''.

Without a precise knowledge of Germanic philology, however, it is debatable whether their use was not more often a source of confusion and error than anything else.

Youth may be, and often is, skeptical, cynical or despairing ; ;

Although Patchen has given previous evidence of an interest in jazz, the musical group that he works with, the Chamber Jazz Sextet, is often ignored by jazz critics.

He is forced to play for little money, and must often take another job to live.