Obatala, also Orisanla and in Brazil Oxala, is the senior orisha and the sculptor of human bodies, into which Olodumare then breathes life. His domain is whiteness, coolness, purity and restraint: his devotees wear white, keep themselves and their surroundings clean, avoid conflict, and abstain absolutely from palm wine — the abstention deriving from the story of his drunkenness. His association with people born with physical differences is direct and unusual: those born with albinism, dwarfism, hunchback or other conditions are eni orisa, the orisha's people, are held to be under his particular protection, and to mock or mistreat one is a serious religious offence rather than merely a social one. Albinism carries specific standing in Yoruba tradition as a mark of Obatala, which is worth setting beside the appalling treatment of people with albinism in some other parts of Africa.