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Haitian Vodou supplies from Haiti
Legba Djakout
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Legba is the "first" Lwa served during a Vodou service. Without him no messages would come from the Lwa, no possessions would occur, wangas would be nil, and all the work of the service would go in vain. He opens the gates for the rest of the Lwa, allowing people to communicate with them as they need to. Service to Legba is essential to any Vodouisant. It is my belief that everyone in the world has a Legba that walks with him or her. He is necessary for everyone, just imagine how necessary he is for the Lwa. Traditionally, Papa Legba is served with a straw sack, known as a djakout Legba. These are round, have a lid, and a carrying strap. Legba's offerings are put inside and often hung on the branch of a tree near the entrance of the peristyle. One may also see such a djakout inside the badji (altar rooms) holding several of Legba's things inside.
I recently returned from Haiti, and I brought a suitcase full of djakouts, both for Legba and Azaka. I am making these available to all of you if you would like to start serving Legba (or Azaka) even deeper. But it is not just the djakout that you will get, inside the djakout Legba you will find a color mushwa (kerchief) in the colors appropriate to serve this powerful Lwa. It also comes with two chromolithographs of the Legbas. One of Saint Lazarus, who is associated with Legba in Rada service, and one of Saint Anthony, who serves for Legba nan Petro.
If you would like to learn more about Legba, as he is viewed in the Haitian Vodou tradition, check here: Legba
Djakout Zaka
I also brought back djakouts for Azaka, the peasant farmer Lwa of Haitian Vodou. Azaka is the centrally featured Lwa in the Nation known as Djoumba. These are the Indian Lwa who come from the Arawak and the Taino, the original inhabitants of Hispaniola. Like Legba, Azaka is served with a djakout, although this one is square. Azaka's things go inside and he is thus served.
These are the traditional bags of Houngans and Mambos djakout, who walk around carrying these bags offering to do work at any location. These terms may refer to an uninitiated person who is doing work in such a way, or sometimes to an initiated Houngan or Mambo who does work in this way, and doesn't have a peristyle. One can sometimes see them, walking around with the djakout over their shoulder, a straw hat on their head, mushwa tied around their neck and a candle as they announce their services while walking around.
I'm offering these bags to all of you so that you may improve your service to the Lwa Azaka and the other Indian Lwa that may walk with you. The djakout comes with a mushwa in the traditional colors to serve this Lwa, an image of St. Isidore, and a bouji. A bouji is a special candle used in Djoumba and Petro service.
I also brought back some govi. These are clay pots with lids, and are used for a number of things in Vodou. They are used to create pwen, to house Lwa, to feed Lwa, to do wanga, and all sorts of things. So these are also available for sale.
Lastly, I am offering Vodou dolls. These dolls are handmade by Haitian Vodouisants and used to do wanga. Although I don't usually encourage inexperienced people to perform magick, people will do it anyway, and some other experienced practitioners can benefit from these. Many times you will hear Vodouisants say that we don't use dolls, the reason for this being that we don't use them in the way that most people think, but dolls are used in wanga all the time, again not as most myths may explain it though. I have sets of red dolls and sets of black dolls. The male dolls have male genitalia, and the females have hair "down there".
Get them while they are here, as it is a limited supply and once they are gone, they are gone, so if you would like any of these supplies please visit:
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