How to prevent getting "o aire"

Along this third part of this post about “o aire” we try to explain where it comes from. As always, you can see the references of our research and collaborate with us to increase the information or correct what you think is incorrect. The sections into which we divide the article are:

1. WHAT IS “O AIRE”?

2. WHERE IS “O AIRE” GOT?

3. WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF “O AIRE” BELIEF?

4. HOW TO PREVENT GETTING “O AIRE”

5. HOW IS “O AIRE” CURED?

6. MAP OF “O AIRE”

7. “O AIRE” AND HOW TO REMOVE “O AIRE” (FULL ARTICLE)

Let’s go learning a bit further about “o aire” .

HOW TO PREVENT GETTING “O AIRE”

To prevent “o aire“, as in any risk prevention, the main thing is to avoid the places where these spirits are. For this reason, children and sick people should avoid the wake of the dead and burials. If they are lying down and burial pass close, the sick person must stand up so as not to get “o aire“, with the windows closed. If it is not possible to avoid these places, taking the risks of going, there is still a way to prevent “o aire“. All you have to do is setting a fire in front of you home door and smoke yourself. One way to smoke yourself well is passing over it or be close for a while and stretching your feet, your legs, arms, and your whole body above the smoke. To conclude the rite, you should pass over the bonfire, from side to side. In some cases it is established that to prevent “o aire” of the deceased it is necessary to pass over it up nine times. The plants used to make the bonfire and the smoke can be some with a certain mystical plant with power such as dried St. John’s wort or dried bay leaves, or just a few pickaxes or anything else that makes smoke. By this smokestack, it is tried to remove “o aire” of the deceased that may come with the people who have been at the wake or in the burial. If still the boy or the sick person got “o aire“, we have to start the rite to cure “o aire“.

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Youtube: Terbutalina – Broncodilatador – Peneira

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