Ashe or Axe is the universal life force of Afro-Caribbean religions. There is another school of thought about syncretism, or the amalgamation of different religions, in Voodoo and Lucumi (Santeria.) This stems from, I believe, the cosmology of the religions and their belief in the divine power of all things, highlighted under their concept of Ashe. This obviously presented a lot of problems for slaves clinging to their traditional faith.įorget the Problem: It’s Part of the Solution The “ Code Noir” of the French colonies specifically required slaves to be baptized in the Roman Catholic tradition. Highly restrictive laws like the “black codes” and the “Code Noir” severely limited what both free people of color and slaves were allowed to do. These are religions, that despite all odds, survived and thrived. These are the religions of captured and transplanted slaves, people who were uprooted from their homes, their families, and their land and forcibly relocated to places like Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other areas in both North and South America. These are the religions of hundreds of years of colonial oppression. The thing that one can never forget about Lucumi or Santeria, Vodou, or New Orleans Voodoo is that these were and are religions shaped and influenced by their own difficult history. If you feel that way please take the time to leave a comment below, and share your thoughts with all of us here.Ĭolonial Oppression- Removing the ties that bind I will address these one by one, and also hopefully explain my thoughts on the matter which are probably controversial as well. If you inquire about this to practitioners, you will most likely get a variety of answers ranging from colonial oppression, to secrecy, to beliefs that these individuals were part of the religion itself.
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