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Greetings

Traditional Ifa Greetings

This section is devoted to Traditional Ifa greetings frequently used by the Babalawos, Iyalorisas, Priest, and Priestesses in Ifa.

1 Ire Aiku! Good tidings with Long Life!
2 Itesiwaju ati Isokan! Progress and Peace!
3 Ifa Agebewa oo! Ifa will prosper us in wealth and knowledge!
4 Anu ati imo! Mercy and knowledge!
5 Alafia ati Ife! Peace and Love!
6 Aku Orire! Congratulations to us! (Everybody involved in a thing, project, or undertaking.)
7 Ire ati ayo! Good Tidings and immersed in joyfulness!
8 Alafia ati iyin! Peace and praise!
9 Ipadewa bioyin! May our meeting be as sweet as honey!
10 Ojumo ire! Dawn of good tidings!
11 Aajiirebi! May the Unblemished Cloth of Orunmila continue to clothe us with wisdom of the here and the hereafter!
12 Ifokanbole! Peace of Mind from Olodumare!

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