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We at La Sirene Botanika seek you all had a blessed and Merry Christmas, Yule, Frozen Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Soberly an all in the region of wonderful holiday regardless of your path or tradition!
I would delicate to package with you some of my own holiday traditions as well as population of greatest Haitians and Vodouisants.
Supreme Haitians as well as Vodouisants guide the Catholic Midnight Squirrel away, this ceremony is secured on Christmas eve and trail the beginning of Christmas Day, The Group consists of prayer and words some churches very restructure the nativity.
Donate are some images on the go at our back at the ranch church:
Separate tradition clever by diverse vodouisants is the Bear of Christmas; leaf-rubbing for remedial treatments and talismans for magic protection, ritual sacrifices of keep and goats, boucans for anxiety, to which the loa come to bear themselves and their proteges; sacrifice of turkeys for Caplau.
This is a this ritual coating I produced on Christmas day for good luck, cleansing, distillation, good health and prosperity and well-liked blessings. This coating consists of coconut milk, sweetheart, holy water, petals from 3 white roses, 3 white candles and my sweetheart perfume. The be incorporated 3 telling the Blessed Trinity. Plea feel free to use this recipe in your own rituals and spiritual gears, this coating is great for any day of the engagement and attitude stretch you impression strong, revitalized and light. *Copyright La Sirene Botanika*
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Bouillabaisse Joumou is a moderately persuasive chowder area to Haitian fodder, even though variations of it can be found at some stage in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The chowder is based on winter pressure,. The pressure slices are simmered in a saucepan dejected with pieces of veal, potato, and vegetables such as basil, carrots, and onions. The ingredients are pur'eed, conservatively in a food central processing unit, with water and the pur'ee is returned to the saucepan, everywhere briny and interest dejected with garlic and other herbs and spices are further. Underweight pasta such as vermicelli and macaroni and a depressed degree of milk and share out are sometimes very put in. The chowder is without fail served hot and is conservatively accompanied with rice or sliced cash with which to dip in the chowder.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup Joumou
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/misctopic/holidays/holidays.htm HTTP://WWW.CULINATE.COM/ARTICLES/FIRST PERSON/SOUPE JOUMOU