NANA - HAND PAINTED PLASTER IMAGE - 23cm

NANA - HAND PAINTED PLASTER IMAGE - 23cm

Nanã Burukú is the orixá of the mangroves, the swamp, the lady of death responsible for the portals of entry (reincarnation) and exit (disembodiment) of souls.
Identified in the Jogo de Búzios by the odú ejilobon and materially represented in Umbanda through the sacred settlement called Igba Nanã.
Nanã, together with Oxalá, had 4 children, the orishas, Omolú/Obaluaiê, Oxumarê, Ewá and Ossaim.

Nanã is the owner of a staff, the ibiri. Her clothes seem to be bathed in blood, an orisha of still waters who kills suddenly; she kills a goat without using a knife. Her strings of beads are lilac and white or purple.

Nanã is the protector of the elderly
Nanã is the lady of cancerous diseases, she is always by the side of her son Omolú. She is the protector of the elderly, the homeless, the sick and the visually impaired.