Gbĕlŭgan 45 Day Ritual Cycle (12-19-24)
Today in our calendar we celebrate 𞤇𞤫𞥊𞥅𞤤𞤵𞥊𞥅𞤺𞤢𞤲 Gbĕlŭgan. 𞤇𞤫𞥊𞥅𞤤𞤵𞥊𞥅 Gbĕlŭ means to overcome an obstacle. 𞤺𞤢𞤲 Gan is something big/great. It is a 45-day ritual cycle done to the deities to target specific familial and community issues. It is designed to bring energies back into alignment on a larger and more collective scale. There are no blood sacrifices for these cycles.
Chapter 73 of the sacred Gànhúmehàn is chanted during Gbĕlŭgan. House cleanings are done. Drumming, singing, affirmations and reaffirmation is done, going over one’s personal and familial mission statements (very important), are all part of this important festival.
This is also a specially designed calendar observance with rituals designed to repel and eradicate those acts and persons who are the enemies of 𞤃𞤢𞥉𞤱𞤵𞥊𞤬𞤯 Máwùfɛ (Afrika) and 𞤃𞤢𞥉𞤱𞤵𞥊𞤬𞤯𞤲𞤵𞤩𞤯𞤼𞤮 Máwùfɛnugbɛtɔ (Afrikan people). This includes all acts that oppress Máwùfɛnugbɛtɔ and all of those who engage in it. The primary rituals are geared towards the deity 𞤀𞤶𞤭𞤲𞤢𞤳𞤵𞤸𞤵𞥊𞤲 Ajinakuhùn. Ajikanu is the hùn (deity) depicted as an elephant. Among many things, he represents wisdom, strategy, and the removal of obstacles.
𞤀𞤶𞤭𞤲𞤢𞤳𞤵⹁ 𞤢 𞤼𞤵𞤲𞤱𞤭𞤲 𞤥𞤭𞥊 𞤦𞤭
𞤖𞤢𞤲𞤶𞤭𞤦𞤯𞤺𞤢𞤲 𞤽 𞤧𞤭𞤲 𞤣𞤯𞤸𞤢𞤲𞤱𞤫𞥊𞥅𞤥𞤢 𞤥𞤯 𞤱𞤯 𞤸𞤢𞤲 𞤫𞤤𞤽 𞤣𞤫. 𞤅𞤭𞤲 𞤸𞤢𞤲 𞤱𞤯
𞤀𞤶𞤭𞤲𞤢𞤳𞤵 𞤥𞤢𞤾𞤽𞤥𞤢𞤾𞤽⹁ 𞤢 𞤥𞤽 𞤲𞤵𞤳𞤵𞥊𞥅𞤲𞤲𞤵𞥊𞥅 𞤶𞤯 𞤢𞤴𞤭 𞤷𞤫 𞤥𞤯⹁ 𞤢 𞤼𞤵𞤲𞤱𞤭𞤲 𞤥𞤭𞥊 𞤦𞤭.
𞤀 𞤲𞤽 𞤼𞤵𞤲𞤱𞤵𞤲 𞤸𞤱𞤫𞤲𞤵 𞤫 𞤵𞤥 𞤥𞤽 𞤶𞤭𞤲𞤶𞤽𞤲 𞤢𞤴𞤵𞥊 𞤫𞥊𞥅⹁ 𞤦𞤮𞥊𞥅 𞤲𞤽 𞤪𞤵𞤲𞤱𞤵𞤲 𞤸𞤱𞤫𞤲𞤵 𞤫 𞤵𞤲 𞤲𞤽 𞤧𞤭𞥊𞥅 𞤼𞤫 𞤫𞥊𞥅
Ajinaku, a tunwun mì bǐ
Hanjigbɛ́gán ɔ́ sín Ɖɛhanwéma mɛ wɛ han élɔ́ ɖe. sín han wɛ.
Ajinaku Mavɔmavɔ, a mɔ nukúnnú jɛ ayi ce mɛ, a tunwun mì bǐ.
A nɔ tunwun hwenu e un nɔ jínjɔ́n ayǐ é, bó nɔ́ tunwun hwenu e un nɔ sí te é.
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