Worship Waaq as our Patron God

The Oromo and related Cushitic peoples worshipped Waaqa as the one god, acting through ayyaana, intermediary spirits that possess chosen men and women and make them qallu priests and qallitti priestesses. These priests were expected to stay out of politics, yet could grant or withhold blessing from the Gadaa leadership.

Pilgrims travelled far to be anointed by the Abbaa Muudaa, the highest qallu.