If you are a Christian, you celebrate the resurrection and life of Christ. A traditional meal consists of "Poulet pays" or Haitian-raised chicken. In the picture you see Elysee's fiance, Anne Love, proudly holding up two chickens which she prepared for our Easter meal.
In order to celebrate in a grand fashion, we invited Adline, her new-born son and her 10 year old daughter as well as James, our teen-age neighbor - so we had about 11 people around the table with 2 babies under 4 months and a 3 year old.
Even though I had had a tummy ache (since Saturday), I really enjoyed holding the babies while their Mom's ate.
Afterwards we had a good discussion about the fact that since God forgave us, we need to forgive each other.
So I had a nice Easter with my Haitian family, but of course I missed Carol and the children so I called them on our internet phone!
This is an inaccurate and frankly dishonest portrayal of Voodoo celebration of Easter. This is the kind of writing and thinking that feeds the hate and mistrust between people in Haiti.
ReplyDeleteBoth Christianity and Voodoo reenact the death of Christ on Good Friday. That's what everyone does on Good Friday. An honest telling of the story would also describe how Voodoo celebrates the resurrection on Easter Sunday.
This morning I researched Easter in Haiti hoping to learn something uplifting. Instead I found this fragmented, misinformed post that unfortunately is representative of the kind of language that pervades Western portrayal Haiti and its people. Please, if you want to tell the story. Tell it completely.
Undeniаbly believe that which you sаіd.
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