Senhor do Bonfim Ribbons (LOT OF 100 RIBBONS) Brazilian Wish Bracelets Bahia BR

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The original Bonfim Ribbon was created in 1809, having disappeared in the early 1950s. Known as Bonfim measure, its name was due to the fact that the exact media 47 centimeters in length, the measurement of the right arm of the statue of Jesus Christ Lord of Bonfim, posted on the high altar of the most famous church in Bahia.

The image was carved in Setúbal, Portugal, in the 18th century. The "measure" was made of silk, with the design and name of the saint embroidered by hand and finished in gold or silver paper. It was worn on the neck like a necklace, without physical qualities, as a bargaining chip: a promise is paid, the believer carried a photo or a small sculpture of wax representing a part of the body healed with the help of the saint (Ex-voto). As a souvenir, he acquired a kind of ribbons, symbolizing a church.

It is not known when a transition to a current ribbon, of wrist, occurred, being that in the mid-1960s the new tape was already marketed in the streets of Salvador, when it was adopted by the Bahian hippies as part of their clothing. The ribbon sold by street vendors around the Church of Senhor do Bonfim and tied under the railing of the place, in Salvador, is primarily a reminder and testimony of the visit that the devotee or tourist has made to that Catholic temple.

Some attribute the creation of the ribbon to Manuel Antônio da Silva Serva.

Made in cotton cloth and sold in several colors with the characteristic phrase "Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia" ("Remembrance of the Lord of the Bonfim of Bahia"), the Ribbon of the Lord of Bonfim has a side that few know: each color symbolizes an Orixá, despite the Catholic tradition due to its origin and its name.

Colors for each Orixá:

- Green (dark or light): Oxossi
- Light Blue: Iemanjá
- Yellow: Oxum
- Dark Blue: Ogum
- Colored or Pink: Ibeji (Erê) and Oxumaré
- White: Oxalá
- Purple: Nanã
- Black With Red Letters: Exu and Dove Rota
- Black With White Letters: Omulu
- Red: Iansã
- Red With White Letters: Xangô
- Green With White Letters: Ossain

 

 

Content:

 

1x Senhor do Bonfim Ribbons (LOT OF 100 RIBBONS)
Note: the lot of 100 ribbons is composed by 10 different color.

 

 

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