A Mami Wata Altar in the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum.
Copyright Markus Matzel/ SOAM
www.soul-of-africa.com
#visitessen #ruhrarea #ruhrgebiet #essencity #soul_of_africa_museum #soulofafricamuseum #africamuseum #afrikamuseum, #museum #Ausstellung #voodoo #vodou #vodun #voodooreligion #vodoureligion #vodunreligion #traditional #familienausflug #freizeit #freizeittipps #freizeitausflug #benin #vodundays #spiritualtourist #oracle #westafrica
[Nudité légère]
Mami wata est un vodou de la mer, une déesse à la fois séduisante, protectrice et redoutable. Changeante comme la mer, donc.
J'en ai peint une aquarelle originale disponible dans la boutique en ligne, avec son certificat d'authenticité et son passe-partout.
https://www.aemarielle.com/produit/mami-wata-aquarelle-originale/
Today In Labor History April 7, 1804: Haitian general, Toussaint Louverture died on this day. He was one of the most prominent members of the Haitian revolution for independence from France. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. Encouraged by the French and American revolutions. Louverture led 100,000 enslaved Haitians in revolt, winning their freedom in 1793. In 1804, Haiti became first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70 and France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. Louverture was betrayed in the end and died in prison. For a fantastic history of the Haitian Revolution, read “The Black Jacobins,” by C.L.R.James.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #toussaintlouverture #haiti #revolution #slavery #racism #boukman #vodou #revolt #independence #BlackMastadon #prison #BlackJacobins #CLRJames #book #writer #author #nonfiction @bookstadon
Tragic story from #Haiti: "#Vodou was brought to Haiti by enslaved people from #Africa and is a mainstay of the country’s culture. It was banned during French colonial rule and recognised only as an official religion by the government in 2003. While it incorporates elements of other religious beliefs, including #Catholicism, Vodou has been historically attacked by other religions."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/09/voodoo-haiti-massacre?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
At least 180 elderly, many of whom were Vodou practitioners, were massacred in Haiti over the weekend because a gang leader believed they were causing his son’s illness.
https://wildhunt.org/2024/12/haitian-gang-massacres-elderly-vodou-practitioners.html
Almost 200 massacred in Haiti as Vodou practitioners reportedly targeted
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/09/voodoo-haiti-massacre
TWH’s Editor-in-Chief, Manny Moreno, responds to the claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating the pets of other residents. The baseless claim has deep roots in racism, xenophobia, and religious intolerance, and has been levied against practitioners of Vodou and modern Paganism.
The vessel was a curious affair, a pot of white enameled tin fitted into a similar tin plate, like a cup and saucer for a giant. The pot held a large amount of clear, clean, potable-looking water, as much as half a gallon. Clean water, water of any kind, is in scarce supply in Haiti, and this lack is at the bottom of many problems: communicable diseases, environmental deterioration, starvation. For such reasons, the ceremony of jété dlo was a genuine, terrible sacrifice—the unconditional offering of the most valuable thing you possessed. I took the pot and poured water three times on the ground before each portal, and when I had completed the circuit, I poured what was left on the spot of earth where I had previously been sitting. This too was an offering to Legba, and I poured in a counterclockwise circle, drawing the vévé for my journey in water on the ground.
Shehadeh distinguishes three ways of responding to occupation. The first is that of “blind hate,” the second, “mute submission.” To the captive population, the first way is that of the freedom fighter, the second, that of the quisling. To the conqueror, the first way is that of the terrorist, the second, that of the moderate. The paymasters keep to the rhetoric of the conqueror, naturally. What then is “the third way”? That is the way of the Samid, “the steadfast one,” who watches his home turned into a prison. “You, Samid, choose to stay in that prison, because it is your home, and because you fear that if you leave, your jailer will not allow you to return. Living like this, you must constantly resist the twin temptations of either acquiescing in the jailer’s plan in numb despair, or becoming crazed by consuming hatred for your jailer and yourself, the prisoner.” To be Samid...
It was normal and usual for a foreigner, a blan, to go through a period of anxiety and fear while planning a trip to Haiti. Perhaps it was even sensible. For Haitians of the diaspora, the risk of visiting their country was much greater, but I had taken to observing certain Haitian practices before I […]
The newly converted, long-troubled, and now re-themed flume ride "Tiana's Bayou Adventure" at Walt Disney World has reportedly been cleansed of New Orleans Voodoo references to appease Christian guests.
https://wildhunt.org/2024/07/disney-ride-reportedly-cleansed-of-voodoo-connections.html
In other news.
>Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence https://apnews.com/article/haiti-religion-vodou-spirits-gangs-violence-2ddd4922f6fdd071525e92879ede2f33
#SacredAncestralCreedofExcellence #blackwomen #blackhair #blackhairjourney #blackpeople #blackelders #blackancestors #blackspirituality #vodou #melaninmagic #blackphotography #blackphotographer #blacklove #blacksovereignty #liberation #afrofuturism #blackjoy #blackhistory #blackfuturity #blackmastodon #blackfediverse #blackfedi #blackfriday
Today In Labor History April 7, 1804: Haitian general, Toussaint Louverture died on this day. He was one of the most prominent members of the Haitian revolution for independence from France. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. Encouraged by the French and American revolutions. Louverture led 100,000 enslaved Haitians in revolt, winning their freedom in 1793. In 1804, Haiti became first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70 and France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. Louverture was betrayed in the end and died in prison. For a fantastic history of the Haitian Revolution, read “The Black Jacobins,” by C.L.R.James.
#LaborHistory #workingclass #haiti #Revolution #slavery #racism #colonialism #vodou #prison #BlackJacobins #CLRJames #book #writer #author #nonfiction @bookstadon
Les musées du Bénin
Le plan touristique d’envergure que le gouvernement béninois a conçu s’appuie sur le volet culturel et historique de Porto-Novo, Cotonou et Ouidah. 
Objectif, attirer tous les publics en proposant une offre muséale « occidentalisée ».
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1530488/culture/les-musees-du-benin-facon-patrice-talon/
#Bénin #Afrique #art #culture #cicilisation #musée #tourisme #exposition #Vodun #vodou #religion #histoire
It's the #DayOfAres / Mars' Day / #Tuesday! 
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. #BosouKoblamin is a violent #Loa in #HaitianVodou, capable of defeating his enemies. He is very popular during times of war. He protects his followers when they travel at night. #Bosou's appearance is that of a man with three horns representing strength, wildness, and violence. When a service is held, he is offered a pig, his favorite food.
It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! 
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. #Sogbo or #Sobo is a lwo (spirit, god) in Haitian #Vodou with a flaming ram as is symbol. He is the #lwo of thunder and is always worshipped and depicted with his inseparable companion #Bade, who is the lwo of wind. Together they are represented by the #Catholic image of Saints Cosmas and Damian in the syncretic Haitian Vodou.
Pagan Community Notes for Jan 11, 2024:
In this week's Pagan Community Notes: New Orleans inaugurate a National Vodou Day, a defense of Paganism shared by interfaith minister, events, and more, including our Tarot of the Week.
https://wildhunt.org/2024/01/pagan-community-notes-week-of-january-11-2024.html
#Portland's iconic institution now must reckon with its own cultural approproation problem.
https://www.wweek.com/food/2023/07/28/voodoo-doughnuts-is-facing-religious-pushback-in-new-orleans/
In many religions, the gods of death are sombre and even rather depressed. But Vodou's Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte love to drink, smoke, tell filthy jokes, and generally party hard. It would be fun to imagine them throwing a wild party to get their fellow death gods to loosen up.
#MythologyMonday #mythology #folklore #Vodou
Pagan Community Notes for June 5, 2023:
Vodou temple attacked in HaitiThe Haystack Monument vandalized by graffitiDisney announces Hocus Pocus 3 is in the works
Plus more news, announcements, links to events happening nation-wide this summer, our tarot of the week, and our Positively Noteworthy item -- Manhattanhenge!
https://wildhunt.org/2023/06/pagan-community-notes-week-of-june-5-2023.html
