The documentary ‘Zombie: Haiti’s Longstanding Tradition’ (Zombie: Haiti’s Longstanding Tradition, 2005) contained information regarding the original Haitian version of Zombies and how they are created. Some other things also featured in this film include how “zombie powder” is made, how people are brought back from the brink of death, and how people are forced to become these “zombies” so that people may use them as slaves.
The idea of zombies has been a part of our world since the 8th century. In fact, the word zombie has been derived from zonbi, which was “used in the Louisiana Creole or the Haitian Creole that represents a person who died and was then brought to life without speech or free will,” (Ahmadmad, 2013). While there is no definite reason for the idea of a zombie to have come to light so many years ago, the same idea of what a zombie is, does, and looks like all …show more content…
The ingredients in the powder include the tetrodotoxin from a puffer fish, a marine toad, a hyla tree frog, and human remains (bones). The poison can be absorbed through the skin just by touch, or by breathing it in. After someone ingests the poison, they are presumed dead because of their slow heartbeat and extreme shallow breathing and taken to their family’s mausoleum. After the funeral, the one who administered the poison must break into the grave in order to administer the antidote that cures the poison and transforms them into a typical Haitian zombie where they are normally made into a slave (Zombie: Haiti’s Longstanding Tradition, 2005). This is interesting to me because it really speaks to the history of slavery cross-culture. Even within a similar culture where people are the same race and apart of the same religion there is still a large history of
The idea of zombies has been a part of our world since the 8th century. In fact, the word zombie has been derived from zonbi, which was “used in the Louisiana Creole or the Haitian Creole that represents a person who died and was then brought to life without speech or free will,” (Ahmadmad, 2013). While there is no definite reason for the idea of a zombie to have come to light so many years ago, the same idea of what a zombie is, does, and looks like all …show more content…
The ingredients in the powder include the tetrodotoxin from a puffer fish, a marine toad, a hyla tree frog, and human remains (bones). The poison can be absorbed through the skin just by touch, or by breathing it in. After someone ingests the poison, they are presumed dead because of their slow heartbeat and extreme shallow breathing and taken to their family’s mausoleum. After the funeral, the one who administered the poison must break into the grave in order to administer the antidote that cures the poison and transforms them into a typical Haitian zombie where they are normally made into a slave (Zombie: Haiti’s Longstanding Tradition, 2005). This is interesting to me because it really speaks to the history of slavery cross-culture. Even within a similar culture where people are the same race and apart of the same religion there is still a large history of