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====Characteristics====

*Consecrated day: Friday 
*Colors: white and red
*Elements: thunder, lightning, fire
*Sacred food: amalá (a swallow food made of yam, cassava flour, or unripe plantain flour called èlùbọ́)
*Instruments: oxê, a double ax; bangles; brass crown; Thunder Stones, or objects struck by lightning 
*Garment: red cloth with printed white squares or cowrie shells
*Necklace or Elekes: white and red beads
*Archetype: power, dominance
*Sacred dance: ''alujá'', the ''roda de Xangô''. It speaks of his achievements, deeds, consorts, power, and dominion 
*Sacrificial animals: fresh water turtle, male goat, sheep<ref name="abril"/><ref name="l"/><ref name="m"/>

Amalá, also known as ''amalá de Xangô'', is the ritual dish offered to the orixá. It is a stew made of chopped okra, onion, dried shrimp, and palm oil. Amalá is served on Wednesday at the ''pegi'', or altar, on a large tray, traditionally decorated with 12 upright uncooked okra. Due to ritual prohibitions, the dish may not be offered on a wooden tray or accompanied by [[garcinia kola|bitter kola]]. Amalá de Xangô may also be prepared with the addition of beef, specifically an ox tail. Amalá de Xangô is different than [[amala (food)|àmàlà]], a dish common to Yoruba areas of Nigeria.<ref name="l"/>