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Orisa Lifestyle Activities: Week 10
Southern Hospitality: According to Yoruba tradition, a visitor is cause for celebration. That is, when someone visits a traditional home, where Òrìsà Lifestyle is practiced in earnest, the host counts the presence of a visitor as a blessing and commemorates the affair by offering the guest some form of refreshment, including an invitation to come inside, have a snack and a drink. This is true, even if it requires a degree of sacrifice on the part of the host. Stated differently, the person who fails to offer hospitality is considered treacherous and treated with suspicion or even disrespect by the community. By the same token, a guest who refuses to accept hospitality is suspected of being a secret enemy, who has less than honorable intentions. In the activity that follows, let’s receive a guest in true traditional fashion.
Please complete the following:
KNOW: Give some consideration to your personal identity, as defined by your individual character, your membership in a family and practitioner of Òrìsà Lifestyle. What are some symbols, practices and stories that demonstrate your deepest values?
COMMIT: Identify a single message you would like to communicate to a special guest. That is, if you invited a special person or family into your home, what is the ONE thing you would for them to think, feel and do when they leave your house? What is the BEST way to create an experience that demonstrates who you are and what you believe?
PRACTICE: Organize an event in your home. Invite a special person, family or group to enjoy your hospitality as a show of hospitality. Repeat the event regularly (i.e., weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually).
Please complete the following:
KNOW: Give some consideration to your personal identity, as defined by your individual character, your membership in a family and practitioner of Òrìsà Lifestyle. What are some symbols, practices and stories that demonstrate your deepest values?
COMMIT: Identify a single message you would like to communicate to a special guest. That is, if you invited a special person or family into your home, what is the ONE thing you would for them to think, feel and do when they leave your house? What is the BEST way to create an experience that demonstrates who you are and what you believe?
PRACTICE: Organize an event in your home. Invite a special person, family or group to enjoy your hospitality as a show of hospitality. Repeat the event regularly (i.e., weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually).