Four letters, one year.

Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba · Havana

Ogunda Otrupón

Ceremony on 31 December 2025 at their house on the Prado, Old Havana; the document was made public on 1 January 2026. Led by the senior priest Carlos Argudín Valenzuela, Awo Ogunda She Omo Ala Aggayú.

Refranes of the sign

• In the blacksmith's house, the knife is made of wood
• A nail driven deep is hard to pull out
• A war that starts does not end
• There is nothing like a mother's blessing

What it points to

The letter foresees that people will keep leaving the country, and a «breakdown of conduct and of good social habits», with more violence — at home and among young people — and more crime. It names alcoholism as a social plague, and disrespect for lineages and religious tradition. Its central message calls for family unity, for giving the mother back the place she deserves, and for «learning from our mistakes so we can grow as a country».

Illnesses to watch

• Nerve and head injuries
• Chemical and food poisoning
• Lower belly and digestive system
• Alcoholism
• Blood related: hepatitis, diabetes and high blood pressure

What it advises

• Look after public and shared hygiene, to avoid outbreaks
• Do not skip regular medical check-ups, above all smear tests
• Do more teaching work in the family and in society, faced with rising violence
• Receive Oyá; and if you already have her, take care of her
• Babalawos should receive their kuanaldo
• Strengthen Oggún
• Give the mother the place she deserves in the family
• Respect lineages and religious tradition
• Take care of San Lázaro and cleanse yourself at his feet, as the oracle says
• Avoid arguments, to prevent violence
• Fathers should support mothers in raising the children
• Make offerings to Oshún for harmony
• Treat alcoholism as a social plague

Ebbó for the year

Ebbó ni Ifá (babalawos): a rooster, the measure of the head, scrapings of Elegguá and Oggún, yellow cloth, sea water, river water, a nail, horsehair, a coconut, a candle, smoked fish, smoked jutía and toasted corn.
Ebbó for santeros: a chicken, two doves for Oggún, a little iron horse, coloured ribbons, sweaty clothes, five small jars of honey, a coconut and two candles.
Onishe Orula (addimú): two coconuts, two candles and a gourd with water.

About prohibitions: this letter did not publish an eewó section. What it says is «treat alcoholism as a social plague», which is advice, not a ritual eewó — and we do not turn one into the other here.

Comisión Organizadora Miguel Febles Padrón · Havana

Ofun Nabe

An independent commission, also known as «the Diez de Octubre one». Ceremony in the early hours of 1 January 2026 at their house temple in La Víbora; a first announcement that same day and the full letter on 2 January.

Refranes of the sign

• A wolf's thought is enough to kill a sheep
• No disaster touches the vulture
• Tie the fence well, in case someone pulls the vine
• Head and tail are opposites and never meet
• No apple is more sour than the apple of spite
• To judge another's faults is to put your own on trial
• The talent to solve things is the fruit of knowledge

What it points to

The letter lists nine things to expect: more fires; accidents from floods; accidents and losses at sea and in rivers; natural disasters and disasters from buildings falling apart; big changes inside the government; more violence, theft and robbery; more drinking; more openings for private business; and the need to root out greed and unfair competition.

Illnesses to watch

• Infections, stomach illness and skin illness
• Liver trouble
• Pelvic and uterine illness — avoid abortions
• Sexually transmitted illness
• Prostate trouble and what follows from it

What it advises

• Clean up the city, clearing out sources of infection
• Keep infected people apart, to avoid spreading illness
• Insure our homes and the things we own
• Be very careful with heavy drinking

Ebbó for the year

Ebbó: three white doves (umbeboro Oyá), three gourds with cocoa butter, earth from the market, earth from a hole and the other ingredients. Otán.
Oyá Onire: adimmú of nine eggs and the other ingredients. Otán.
Onishe Ara: Ko. Onishe Ilé: sarayeye with a dove (umbeboro Oggún), nine strips of different colours and the other ingredients.

How far the sources go: the sign, witnesses, orishas, flag and ebbó are published by several outlets. The full lists of refranes, illnesses and events come from a single complete press transcription (Árbol Invertido, of the 2 January document). This letter did not publish eewó either.

Institución Yoruba Kola Ifá Osha · Miami, Florida

Ogunda She

The letter that sets the tone for much of the Yoruba community in Florida. A first announcement came out on 1 and 2 January 2026; the full presentation was set for 17 January, at a tambor in their house. The priest Manolo Erice spoke.

What it advises

• Avoid fights between people — «Orunmila has the answer»
• Avoid fights inside the couple
• Cleanse the home and keep everything in order
• Act with care and self-control, and think before you decide
• Moderation, settling conflict in peace, and building up the community

What is still not known

Refranes, the ebbó for the year, illnesses, iré or osogbo and the prophetic prayer are not here because only a first announcement came out on 1 January, and we found no later publication with the full document. We would rather leave the gap than fill it with another letter's data.

Careful with mix-ups: search for «Letter of the Year 2026 Miami» and you will find data from the Cuban Ogunda Otrupón letter mixed in — its refranes, its illnesses, its ebbó. They do not belong to this letter. And although we found no other commission in the United States that opened a letter in 2026, this one is presented as what it is: the letter of Kola Ifá Osha, in Miami, not «the letter of the United States».