We give him the whitest of eggs on top of a mount of white flour, and salute him with Syrop d’Orgeat. ĭanballa is such a pure lwa that his foods and offerings are also pure. We immediately cover him with a large white sheet which we move gently while sprinkling Pompeii Lotion. The ch wal (person who is possessed) will go to the ground and move like a snake. The house is decorated with paintings that tell the history of the temple, and of the worship of Odan, and more than any other place, this really is the history of Vodou.ĭanballa Wedo, just as in Benin is the great serpent, a green python that manifest in possession as a snake. Other pythons may sometimes also find their way into the House of Pythons, but none are turned away. They are not restricted and may come and go as they will. Inside this house live the 10 sacred pythons of the temple. The front house of the Temple is the House of Pythons. It is said that Odan lives in the heights of the tree, as serpents often live in trees, and again, it is reminiscent of the poto mitan which often has twin snakes carved or painted upon it. During special ceremonies the priests and priestesses of the temple make sacrifices at the base of the tree of birds and goats. If there are remains, they are burried within the sacred tree’s roots, which themselves form shrine and devotee’s of Odan leave offerings here of palm oil, eggs and sometimes fruits. The serpent is considered so sacred that it is said that it does not die, just as the snake sheds it’s skin, when the serpent does leave the physical body they are said to simply disappear.
The tree in the centre is very reminiscent of the Poto Mitan which is the Vodou Tree of Life, via which the Lwa manifest themselves in the temple. This temple is perhaps the foundation for the Haitian Lakou, where house surrounded the central temple which is covered by a tonnel. There is a large temple, called the Temple of Odan or the Temple of Pythons built around a central courtyard in the centre of which is an ancient tree. His priesthood was not lost there however, and his worship still occurs to this day, with his primary temple being located in the town of Ouidah, in Benin. He is ancient, known in some form or another in every culture in the world.Īs a Rada lwa, Danballa is a cool, white spirit that comes directly to us from Africa. He was the first to exist after God, and it is from him that all life originally comes, and so in essence, Danballa is also the Father of all mankind. The most pure of all the lwa, Danballa is the Sky Father, and Father to all the lwa. Tout zan’y se zan’y oh, zan’y anba se moinĭanballa Wedo is a very important lwa in the reglemen of Haitian Vodou, and in Hounfo Racine Deesse Dereyale.
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