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Description

Costume skirt made of long, plain strips of raffia hanging from a thin cotton waistband.

History Of Use

The azé is the lower part of the costume of Omulu Obaluayê (including 3041/1 and 3041/3). Made of raffia from the piassava palm (Raphia vinifera), the azé covers the xokotô: short cotton pants that extend below the knees. The costume depicts Omulu Obaluaiê, “King and Lord of the Earth,” one of the core orixá of the Afro-Brazilian religions of Candomblé and Umbanda. Omulu is son of Nanã and Oxalá, Iemanjá’s husband, whom Nanã seduced. Abandoned by his mother, Omulu was saved by Iemanjá and healed by his father, Oxalá. He became a wanderer: an earthly entity connected, as a healer, to death and disease.

Cultural Context

religious; ceremonial

Narrative

This item is part of a set acquired from the O Mundo dos Orixás shop, Madureira Market, in Rio de Janeiro.

Item History

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