When I asked a local to take me to a vodou ritual, he said there may be a sacrifice and I shouldnt be scared. I thought: Darling, Im coming from a muslim country. When I was a five-year old child, I used to watch people sacrifice cattle in the backyard of our building. I wouldnt blink an eye when they cut the throat of the animal, his blood spurted, his skin was peeled off, his internal organs were taken out. So, youre lucky that youre not talking to a serial killer right now. Anyway, luckily, I was in Haiti on the very last day of the month of vodou. After this day, vodou rituals were going to be over until summer next year. I brought a couple of bottles of rum as a gift to the vodou priest (the one with the cowboy hat in the video) for accepting us to his temple. He placed the bottles in the middle of the vodou signs he had drawn on earth. I found it strange. Then, the ceremony started. At some point different people took the bottle of rum and held it while they were dancing. I realised that they were using my bottle as a vodou object. I found it VERY strange. So when I came home I searched Wikipedia to check what it means for the owner of an object if that object is used in vodou rituals. Here is what I found: As the songs are sung, participants believe that spirits come to visit the ceremony, by taking possession of individuals and speaking and acting through them. At this time it is believed that devious mambo or houngan can take away the luck of the worshippers through particular actions. For instance, if a priest asks for a drink of champagne, a wise participant refuses. Which means Im in deep trouble because the priest had offered me rum and I had taken a couple of shots with pleasure :O
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:04:22 +0000
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