Dada Crown - Bayani Shango Sango -Large unique hand made -

This is a large, elaborately made, one-of-a-kind Dada crown, the younger sibling of Shango. It is made using traditional techniques - on a round half gourd sewn with cloth. Each cowrie shell and bead has been sewn on by hand using a needle and thread. No glue was used in the construction of this crown. It is a unique piece, and once gone, it is gone!

Dada & Bayani (Obañale, Abayoni)

Dada is the deity of wealth and protector of children. The Lukumi believe Dada is Shango's sibling (often portrayed as an older sister by the Lukumi though grouped with the male Orisha in ceremony) and the one responsible for raising him. Dada's children are ordained to Shango and are born with copious amounts of hair on their heads. Dada is a deity of wealth, as indicated by the copious amounts of beads and cowries used in the crown.

Bayani is considered to be Shango's crown, which aids Shango in ruling with an even and just temperament. Bayani is said to afford reasoning and judiciousness as well as holistic stability.

These two Orisha together are consecrated in tandem. Dada's attributes are primarily masculine, and Bayani's tend toward the feminine. The odu Ogunda tells of Dada's birth from Yemaya. The colors of the beads worn in honor of Dada and Bayani are white and red. Their numbers doubled.

The name Dada means good
Bayani was born before Oggun Ochosi Oshun Inle and Orisa Oko

Dadda and Bayani are found in the Odu Irosun/ Iroso odus as well as Ejila Shebora, Ejiogbe, and Dada Crown - Bayani Shango Sango -Large unique hand made - Yoruba orisa corona Chango Abure Dadda Aganyu sopera Batea Bat Eleke beaded Ade