In New Orleans, si Mardi Gras yokha yomwe imakokera apaulendo ku mzinda wokongolawu. Voodoo ndi maziko a malonda okopa alendo mumzindawu. Ndipo zikumbutso za voodoo kubweretsa ndalama zambiri kumudzi.
Koma, chifukwa muli ku New Orleans, musaganize kuti chidole cha voodoo cha Donald Trump chomwe mudagula chidzakhudza kwambiri mtsogoleri waku America, monyozedwa.
Mfundo yakuti manja ake ndi ang'onoang'ono mofanana ndipo tsitsi lake ndi lalalanje kwambiri (chithunzi chofotokozera).
Ndipo makadi a tarot aja omwe adatembenuzidwa mchipinda chodabwitsacho ndikukufotokozerani ndi mayi wowoneka modabwitsa mwina sanatanthauzidwe ndi wansembe weniweni wa voodoo.
Kodi mumadziwa kuti voodoo ndi chikhulupiriro chenicheni? Ndi mchitidwe umene umaphatikiza zipembedzo za ku West Africa ndi miyambo yobweretsedwa ndi akapolo pamodzi ndi miyambo ya Amwenye Achimereka ndi zauzimu, ndipo ngakhalenso Chikhristu ndi zikhulupiriro zina zosakanikirana.
Voodoo ndi mwambo wapakamwa womwe ulibe mawu opatulika, buku la mapemphero, kapena miyambo ndi zikhulupiriro. Chipembedzochi chimagwiritsa ntchito miyambo yambirimbiri ndi zochitika zomwe zimakhudza moyo wa otsatira tsiku ndi tsiku. M’njira zambiri, ndi chipembedzo chaumwini. Otsatira amanenedwa kukhala ndi zochitika zachindunji ndi mizimu, ndipo zochitikazi zingakhale zosiyana kwambiri ndi malo ndi malo komanso munthu ndi munthu.
Pali malo enieni a voodoo oti mupiteko ku New Orleans. Alendo odzaona malo akulimbikitsidwa kukaona malo monga The Voodoo Spiritual Temple. Kachisiyu adakhazikitsidwa mu 1990 ndi Wansembe wamkazi Miriam Chamani ndi mwamuna wake Wansembe Oswan Chamani. Ndilo Kachisi Wauzimu yekhayo wokhazikitsidwa “wokhazikika” womwe umayang'ana kwambiri machiritso auzimu aku West Africa komanso machiritso azitsamba omwe alipo ku New Orleans.
Pa mbali yowopsya kwambiri, pali mkazi yemwe anali (ndipo akadali) wotchedwa Voodoo Queen of New Orleans - Marie Laveaux. Iye anaikidwa m’manda ku manda a St. Alendo ambiri amati adawona mzimu wake ndipo adamumva akunong'oneza temberero kwa anthu ongoyang'ana kumanda opanda ulemu. Kumanda ake, anthu amasiya zopereka monga makandulo, maluwa, inde, zidole za voodoo, ndi chiyembekezo chakuti adzawachitira zokhumba zawo. Ngati atero, wodalitsikayo adzabweranso kudzalemba manda ake ndi ma 3 X kusonyeza kuyamikira kwawo.
Komabe, musalakwitse. Mbiri ya Marie Laveaux ndi mwamuna wake, Charles, ndi yeniyeni komanso yodziwika bwino. Dipatimenti ya United States of the Interior idatcha 1801 Dauphine Street - nyumba ya Marie ndi Charles Laveaux - mu National Register of Historic Places.
