So i wanted to start by sharing about a Brazilian tradition that happens every New Years Eve that really touched me. Every year dressed in all white millions of cariocas(rio natives), of all different religions, go to the beach to offer blue and white flowers to the Goddess of the ocean called Yemanja. The offerings are a way of letting go of the past year and entering into the new year pure. Some people even make tiny wooden boats filled with gifts for her. She is compared to the Virgin Mary and portrayed as a woman rising out of the sea.
Yemaya rules over the surface of the ocean, where life is concentrated. She is associated with the Orisha Olokin who represents the depths of the Ocean and the unconscious, and together they form a balance. I'll leave you with a quote from her and a picture. I was just so impressed with the respect for mother nature and remebering that the ocean keeps us all connected because we really are all one.
"Do not be afraid to visit me in the depths"
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