Orishas are like guardian angels and they are present in every environment and activity in which person is involved. There are many orishas in Santeria (See Appendix), too numerous to be described in this paper, but there are major orishas worshipped. Santeria followers believe in the Seven African Powers. The seven most powerful orishas are: Obatala, Eleggua, Chango, Oggun, Orunla, Yemaya, and Oshun. As a group, they control every aspect of human life. They are worshipped individually, but their union is very powerful and santeros use the group for extreme and difficult cases (Gonzalez-Wippler 1973: 103).
ILE.
An ile is a spiritual family. In Santeria, people are tied by ceremonial or spiritual kinship of the Ile. In an ile, people are related to each other not by blood, but by being in the same orisha "house-. A family is formed of initiates who share the same padrino (godfather) or madrina (godmother). The godparents, who are also Santeria priests, guide the initiates and teach them the ways of their orisha house and other philosophies and practices of Santeria. These godparents give "birth- to the new members of the family (new initiates) and acts as their sponsors until they have acquired enough knowledge and ashe. In the future, when they have already been initiated and become more deeply involved in Santeria, they too can act as godparents to future initiates. Each ile is a family unit of godchildren and godparents. (Murphy 1993: 52-53) There is a hierarchy in the family. There is a head godparent in the ile that officiates the rebirth ceremonies. The godparents become the spiritual parents of the spirits reborn in their godchildren. Members of the ile have responsibilities to each other as brothers and sisters and they have certain duties to the ile. The madrina or padrino is responsible for the ile membership, economy, calendar, and style of ritual observance.
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