Santerí employs three types of divination: obi, dillogg n, and a combination of the opelé and tablero de Ifá. For each type, the priest or priestess tosses and interprets certain objects and the way that they fall " a quartered coconut for obi, 16 cowry shells for dillogg n, and a necklace with eight evenly spaced disks for opelé. The tablero de Ifá is a wooden tray upon which a priest sprinkles powder and draws configurations based on the heads-or-tails patterns resulting from several throws of the opelé. ... The opelé and the tablero de I...

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