CHANGO MACHO
SHANGO, XANGO, SANGO
SPRITUAL SUPPLIES
Chango (also spelled Shango, Sango, or Xango) is the Spirit
of Thunder and Lightning and the wielder of the Double
Bladed Axe in the Yoruba pantheon of
Orishas or "Seven African Powers". He is said by
some to have been the fourth king of the Yorubas.
Chango rules over all forms of fire, including fevers, and
is a being of passion and power. He is celebrated for his
virility and his risk-taking, for he is a womanizer and an
inveterate
gambler.
Children of Chango are known for their
high energy, inventive intelligence, and their pride, which,
when they are opposed, can develop into arrogance; they may
have strong tempers and are easily provoked to anger. The
twin-bladed thunder-axe of Chango can both create and
destroy.
Chango's colours are red and white, and his numbers are 4
and 6. Typically his necklace is made by alternating groups
of 6 red beads and 6 white beads. The 4th day of each month
is a good day to perform the works of Chango, as is any
Friday. In addition to the axe, Chango is symbolized by
other weapons, including the dagger, the mace, the sword,
and the machete -- and he can be represented by a pair of
ram's horns.
Offerings to Chango include bitter kola, palm oil,
pomegranates, and pumpkins. His favourite foods are cornmeal
and okra porridge, bananas, red apples, and red wine. His
animals include roosters, rams, bulls, turkeys, and Guinea
fowl. Herbs connected with Chango are sarsaparilla, cedar
wood, laurel, plantain,
rue, and rose of Jericho.
The name Chango Macho -- "Male Chango" -- may seem almost
redundant when applied to such a manly being, but in the
African Diaspora it helps to distinguish the masculine
African Chango from his female Diasporic Catholic "cover,"
Saint Barbara. The synthesis of Chango with Barbara arose
because Barbara is dressed in red and white, Chango's
colours, and holds a sword, Chango's weapon. Furthermore,
the men who killed Barbara with that sword were immediately
struck dead by lightning, Chango's supernal attribute. Thus,
in the New World, the Feast of Saint Barbara, December 4th,
is celebrated as a festival of Chango-Barbara, while African
Chango Macho is depicted with masculine symbols, as on this
Lucky Mojo vigil candle label.
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