Haitian Vodou

Arriving on the island was surreal. Seeing the village and the people for the first time was overwhelming. They greeted us with such warmth. The children know no stranger; they immediately ran up to us, took our hands, and started babbling on in Haitian creole (their native language), unaware that we had no idea what they are…

Haiti is a low-income Caribbean country with a population of close to 10.7 million. (Overview of Haiti, 2017) Haitian Creole and French are the official languages. According to research foreign investors have major concerns with market challenges for Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) inflows. They were estimated in 2015 to only have an inflow of 104 million dollars…

The Haitian American culture has been a long-surviving and well-adapting culture. Starting with the indigenous people that occupied the island, before Christopher Columbus’ arrival in 1492. Columbus, being a conqueror for Spain, claimed the island of Haiti for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and named it Hispaniola meaning “little Spain”. From thenceforth the indigenous people of the island were killed off during gold conquests and the ruling of the Spanish by forced labor and diseases. With…

only her mother. After spending time at Julie’s house, I realized that Haitians are actually very amazingly unique. This experience played a role in strengthening my multicultural awareness. The skill of multicultural awareness and diversity will be very important in the social work profession as it can greatly impact the relationship between myself and other clients. Rather than rude, obnoxious, and weird, I learned that Haitians naturally speak loud and they mean no harm by their prolonged…

93 it stated that the Haitians use to prevent the evil miasmas from crossing the water, “the negro set float little boats made of halves of coconuts, all bedecked with ribbons from Pauline’s sewing box”, “these were in natural of tributes to Aguasou, Lord of the sea”. People would…

who were new arrivals. These new slaves made up to two-thirds of the islands slaves. Since they were so new to the island, the Bossales retained many of their cultural ties with Africa and were less inclined to be slaves. It is believed that the Vodou priest Boukman, sounded the Bois-Caiman ceremony in 1791 at the start of the slave rebellion. This revolt began on the northern plains by Toussaint Louverture, known as Black Napoleon due to his political and military efforts. In 1804, the…

countries and generations. Haitian culture is presented from the perspective of an old-fashioned woman in the story Caroline’s Wedding, which is developed in the book Krik? Krak! There are many reasons as to why the woman is considered odd to the people around her, however, this paper will argue why there is nothing wrong with the woman. After research, it is clear the motives behind the mother’s behavior is the introduction to a new culture, the feeling of grief, and engaging in Vodou.…

Introduction: Pacquet Congo is a Haitian spiritual object made by Vodou priests, which contains spiritual-charged materials; they are said to have the power of activating the lwas. The origin of Pacquet Congos is commonly perceived to be predominately the Kongo religion and its ritual art. However not only one African culture and religion has made it to the New World, many cultures have influenced New World African traditions. Despite the fact that the Yorubas make up only a very small portion…

religious framework of Vodou in Haiti can be traced back to traditions of slaves who were forcibly brought to Haiti from Kongo and Dahomey regions of West Africa (Desmangles, 1992). Haiti was previously called Saint-Domingue was colonized in 1492 and the colony was formed through the eighteenth century (Desmangles, 1992). As of 1797, around half a million inhabited the island people, ninety percent of which being of African origin (Desmangles, 1992). It is important to understand that Vodou has…

Shamanism once the societies collected in permanent settlements and turned towards agricultural cultivation. For this paper, I will be focusing on two different extremes of religion--Christianity and Vodou--and analyzing how these religions’ practices developed, specifically Catholicism and Haitian Vodou, from their original forms to coincide with the knowledge discovered during the different eras. It is important…