Medio Asiento

The second important ritual is known as medio asiento, the creation of an image of the orich Elegu.
The individual will go through a consultation with a Santero, where all the recipients' life, past, present,
and future, will be reviewed. During the consultation, the Santero determines which path of Elegu the
recipient will receive. Then, based on his findings, he chooses materials that will be used to construct
the image of the Elegu, a sculpture that is used to keep evil spirits away from the initiator's home. This
ritual is only prepared by men as the orichs take some of the Santero's "manly" spirit in the process.
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