# Today (Dec 17) is Babalu Aye day

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 17, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-dec-17-is-babalu-aye-day/564513 "2010-12-17T15:56:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-dec-17-is-babalu-aye-day/564513/1 "2010-12-17T15:56:48Z")

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Today is the day Cubans celebrate Babalú Aye, the father of the world. He is represented by the Catholic saint Saint Lazarus.

He is very good about healing miracles, so if you want to ask him for health today is the day, but don’t mess with Babalú Aye, he is powerful and you don’t want to piss him off.

> **[BABALÚ AYÉ - the Yoruba God of Healing (Yoruba mythology)](https://www.godchecker.com/yoruba-mythology/BABALU-AYE/)**
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> Godchecker guide to Babalú Ayé (also known as Babalu Aye), the Yoruba God of Healing from Yoruba mythology. Hard-working deity of healing

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-dec-17-is-babalu-aye-day/564513/2 "2010-12-17T16:06:36Z")

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You mean, Babalu, like Ricky Ricardo? Holy cow, this might be the funnest fact I’ve ever picked up here.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-dec-17-is-babalu-aye-day/564513/3 "2010-12-17T16:13:29Z")

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Just cued up the Desi Arnaz version of Babalu on my iPod.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-dec-17-is-babalu-aye-day/564513/4 "2010-12-17T16:23:46Z")

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Yeah, don’t [piss him off](http://www.metalmulisha.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/babalu-win.jpg).

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-dec-17-is-babalu-aye-day/564513/5 "2010-12-17T18:57:35Z")

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> [@lalenin](#):
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> Today is the day Cubans celebrate Babalú Aye, the father of the world. He is represented by the Catholic saint Saint Lazarus.

Really? The cite you have in your OP doesn’t say anything about this part.