an introduction to Vodou
you may skip the prologue and keep the facts
while I was watching this nice video(no informations about the band playing,except the name Rara Lakay in the beginning),
I found in it's comments this "cry"
by a youtube watcher named fravilmarr obviously Haitian,which I paste here,I thank him/her for these words-
forget about the guitars and you don't have to share the same religious beliefs but what he says here is true and inspiring:
Save our real culture! tank you so much.
we are kombit people, rara people,never forget that!
to be afraid of it; is to be afraid of yourself or to lose yourself.
Embrace our real culture then we shall rise again.
Let's not pretend we're european,this is our true culture...
we are not catholics and we don't play guitars...we are drum people...
In Créole the word "Kombit" means "Collective effort for the good of the community;
a rotating cooperative approach to planting and harvesting,
usually organized spontaneously"
Rara people has here,I think, the meaning of "Isralites"
and here recomended
"During the days following the earthquake, hundreds were seen marching through the streets
in peaceful processions, singing and clapping.
In many neighbourhoods, singing could be heard through the night and groups of men
coordinated to act as security as groups of women attempted to take care of food and hygiene necessities".
I'm sure that you will find your own ways to help Haitian people.
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