Chidren who sleep porrly, have worms, or a poor appetite, are bathed
by the houn'gan. The houn'gan plunges the child into a basin of water
in which he has previously mashed leaves of the mimosa pudica plant,
called honte in Créole, which means " shame ". This plant has the
virtue of halting attacks of fever or other pathological conditions:
the malady disappears because it feels " shame "*! Often the water is
mixed with clairin, all or part of which was previously set ablaze - a
process believed to destroy all disease germs. When the bath is
finished, but before the water is poured into a hole or thrown into
the sea, the vessel which contained the water is " paid "; that is to
say, a coin is placed in it to renumerate the water-spirit to whom the
prayer had been addressed to protect the person given the bath.
From: Milo Rigaud
Secrets of Voodoo
Ed. Light City
* L'analogia con la dottrina del Peccato Originale, e quindi del
Battesimo, salta agli occhi da sé; d'altronde, prima di Agostino Gesù,
prima di Gesù Mosé, erano tutti stati in Africa. Il Cristianesimo è un
Culto Voodoo? Inoltre, in ambito cristiano è molto diffusa, e
accettata, l'usanza di gettare monete nelle acque, esprimendo un
desiderio, una corruzione della moneta pagata dai praticanti Voodoo
agli Spiriti delle Acque?
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