Plèn dinò

Plèn dinò
Coordinates: 19 ° 41 ′  N , 72 ° 16 ′  W Plèn dinò​ Plèn dinò on the map of Haiti
Basic data
Country	Haiti
Department	North
Detailed data
height	6  m
Time zone	UTC -5
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Plèn dinò ( Haitian for plain of the north , French Plaine du Nord or more often Plaine-du-Nord ) is a community and place of pilgrimage in Haiti .

location

The komin (municipality) Plèn dinò is located in the Arrondissement Acul-du-Nord , which forms part of the North Department in northeast Haiti. The plains of the same name are bounded in the north by the western Atlantic , in the south and west by the Massif du Nord mountain range and in the east by the border with the Dominican Republic . The closest major city is Cap-Haïtien on Haiti's north coast.

history

In the history of Haiti , Plèn dinò was the starting point of a slave rebellion in August 1791 , which expanded into the Haitian Revolution under the leadership of the later national hero François-Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture . The revolution led to the independence of the west of the previous colony of Saint-Domingue from France on January 1, 1804 and the renaming of its area on the island of Hispaniola in Haiti.

Pilgrimages

Plèn dinò is an important place of pilgrimage both in the Roman Catholic Church and in voodoo . Believers of both religions often travel from Sodo after taking part in pilgrimages in honor of Mary or Ezilies and Damballahs there on July 14th .

Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church commemorates the Apostle Jacob the Elder on July 25th . In Haiti, this is particularly the case with pilgrimages to Plèn dinò. July 25 is also the day of remembrance of the apostle in the Protestant Church. On the following day , St. Anne , according to apocryphal tradition, Grandmother of Christ , is commemorated in Plèn dinò .

voodoo

On July 24th every year, followers of Voodoo celebrate the Loa Ogoun in Plèn dinò , the spirit being associated with war and politics , which in voodoo is regarded as the religious equivalent of Jacob the Elder. The believers take a ritual mud bath and offer candles , food , rum , bulls and red roosters . The ceremony in the bog Basin Saint Jacques is sometimes mistaken for devil worship . The mud bath is followed by a cleansing ritual in the sea at the nearby coastal town of Bord de Mer de Limonade, which is intended to renew faith.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Plaine-du-Nord And Saint Jacques Fiesta . Haiti Observer , January 20, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b} Alejo Carpentier: The Kingdom of this World , Michigan State University , October 14, 2013. Accessed January 13, 2015
3. ↑ See also the map of Haiti.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} James Henderson: Haiti: Deliverance from evil . The Daily Telegraph , June 10, 2003, accessed January 10, 2015
5. ↑ Nick Caistor: Voodoo's spell over Haiti . BBC News , Aug. 4, 2003