Is traditional ifa Superior than Cuban ifa or andomble?

[@adewilliams8]

In all honesty, the answer is YES! Both the language and knowledge of the spiritual world make the difference. I'm well familiar with both practices.

[@josemorales-sy5xh]

Iboru iboya ibocheche. I just made the transition from lukumi to traditional. It’s been about 5 months now and I can definitely tell the difference.

[@jaysonshift4392]

Yes bro each Ifa priest will chant all the verses from the Odu that falls for you it takes hours and the energy is lit in the air, there are no words for it !!! Adupe pupo for sharing your videos when I visit your site I stay for hours brings back so many memories.

[@adewilliams8]

Beeni o! True!

[@dominicmoreno4662]

Thank you for this wisdom.

[@proverbalizer]

This is not an Ifa question it's an Òrìsà question, but since you know about Candomble. I've been wondering: In Nigeria Yemoja is seen primarily as a river Òrìsà, but in Cuba Yemaya became known an the Ocean spirit. Also in Candomble it seems Yemanjá became known as an Ocean spirit. I'm wondering if, historically, Lukumí and Candomble people communicated with each other to exchange that idea, or whether they independently came to the same/similar conclusion? Any thoughts?

[@monroerodriguez]

Yemoo + Eja = yemoja, Yemoo was the wife of obatala, eja is catfish, mother of catfish, fishes, olokun in oyo is also female so in the diaspora she became three different orisha in one. But they are all separate, only Yemoo’s cult is obscure and not practiced as much separately. Yemoja was a human woman

[@monroerodriguez]

Most of the African slaves in the middle passage went through Brazil as a major port.

[@monroerodriguez]

Yemonja was either conflated with olokun or a ocean nkisi

[@SeMA-3]

what happens to the Orishas that you received when you got intimidated into the Afro-Cuban Ifa after you transitioned to the traditional Afrikan Ifa? (Eshu, Egun, Ochosi, Osun….) Can someone practice both Santeria and Afrikan Ifa?

[@monroerodriguez]

I started afro Cuban and transitioned to uses traditional. Eventually I threw all my santeria stuff away after divination

[@SeMA-3]

@@monroerodriguez Ohhh in the trash??? I myself like you, started with Afro-Cuban but the more studying n researching I did, I felt more connected with the traditional Please how do I contact you?

[@bodieessiet9378]

Greetings... thanks for your testimony. Now, what is your experience between Afa or Ifa?

[@monroerodriguez]

Afa works with Vodun, ifa works with orisha

[@bodieessiet9378]

@@monroerodriguez thAnks, very informative, but makes sense. Are there any limitations to either Afa or Ifa

[@adewilliams8]

​@monroerodriguez IFA is called AFA by the Igbo, who learned IFA from the Yoruba. They're neighbours in Nigeria.

[@vernelhenderson9054]

Camdomble doesn't have Ifa I thought. They dont have the table of Ifa

[@monroerodriguez]

Neither does Santeria. They are separate cults