Sodo
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Coordinates: 18 ° 49 ′ N , 72 ° 12 ′ W Sodo on the map of Haiti
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 Haiti
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| Department | Center | |
| City foundation | 1926 | |
| Residents | 50,000 | |
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| Waters | Thème , Ferme | |
| Time zone | UTC -5 | |
| City Presidency | Laurent Kénol Desert (January 2015) | |
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Sodo ( French Saut-d'Eau or, more rarely, Saut-Deau , literally waterfall ) is the Creole name of a pilgrimage site of the Voodoo religion and the Roman Catholic Church in Haiti .
Locality
Sodo or Saut-d'Eau is located in Ville Bonheur , a municipality in the Arrondissement de Mirebalais , which in turn forms part of the mountainous Département Center in eastern Haiti. Ville Bonheur, which is sometimes called Saut-d'Eau itself, has around 50,000 inhabitants . It is 65 km from the state capital Port-au-Prince and 18 km from the arrondissement capital Mirebalais .
history
The municipality's website gives the following historical key data :
- 1848 : Alleged appearance of Maria or Ezilie
- 1898 : Expansion of the pilgrimage
- 1905 : Establishment of the parish of Ville Bonheur
- 1926 : Elevation of the village to the rank of municipality
- 1932 : Fire in the pilgrimage chapel
- 1933 : Construction of the new parish church begins
- 1971 : Reconstruction of the parish church
- 2006 : Elevation of the municipality to the rank of constituency
Place of pilgrimage for two religions
The waterfall, from which Sodo owes its name, is an important place of pilgrimage both in voodoo and for the Roman Catholic Church. Numerous Haitians practice both voodoo and Catholicism.
Voodoo pilgrimage
On 16th July 1841 or 1848 should Ezilie Freda , a revered in Voodoo charitable Loa (spirit), a man named Fortuné at the waterfall in Sodo appeared to be when he was looking for a runaway horse. Since then, Sodo has been considered a place of pilgrimage for voodoo believers who seek obsession with the spirit beings there. Besides Ezilie, Sodo is also sacred to Damballah , the highest benevolent spirit being in Haitian voodoo. The believers strip down to their underwear and bathe inside and below the waterfall during a cleansing ritual. Participation is free for all visitors and is welcomed, accommodation is only possible privately. Representatives of evangelical groups are active in Sodo and fight the Voodoo religion. On July 24th, the voodoo pilgrims move on to Plèn dinò in northern Haiti, where the warlike Loa Ogoun is worshiped. This worship is sometimes mistakenly perceived as devil worship .
Christian pilgrimage
Since Erzulie was equated with Mary , Sodo is also a place of pilgrimage and a place of apparition for the Roman Catholic Church . Every year on July 16 there is a large Christian pilgrimage with around 50,000 pilgrims. Christian pilgrims do not worship Mary in Sodo as Ezilie (Erzulie), but as Our Lady of Mount Carmel , in that capacity, patron saint of the Congregation of the Carmelites and the country of Haiti.
Protestant churches
As of January 2015, 15 Protestant churches of different denominations are also present in Sodo . They have no relation to the local Marian and Loa veneration.
Sodo in the movie
Wes Craven's horror film The Serpent in the Rainbow refers to alleged appearances of the Loa Ayida and Damballah in Sodo.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Saut-d'Eau: Historique ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Mairie de Saut-Deau. ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed January 10, 2015
- ↑ Of ups Inc .: Haiti Labor Laws and Regulations Handbook - Strategic Information and Basic Laws . Page 27. ISBN 978-1-4387-8089-4 , accessed January 10, 2015 from Google Books
- ↑ a b c James Henderson: Haiti: Deliverance from evil . The Daily Telegraph , June 10, 2003, accessed January 10, 2015
- ^ A b Jennifer Westwood: On Pilgrimage: Sacred Journeys Around the World . P. 148, ISBN 1-58768-015-7 . Retrieved from Google Books on January 10, 2015
- ^ Plaine-du-Nord And Saint Jacques Fiesta . Haiti Observer , January 20, 2013. Accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ No Comment. Haiti: Annual voodoo festival at Saut d'Eau waterfalls. ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Euronews , July 17, 2014
- ^ Saut-Deau, Les églises protestantes . ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed January 10, 2015
