Flags are thought of as a poor man’s stained glass window, and are use to both honor and salute the Loa during a ceremony.ĭamballa and Aida Wedo are only two of hundreds of Loa honored in Haitian Vodou, but they are never forgotten.
Then there are numerous flags for Damballa and Aida Wedo like the one pictured here. These are ground drawing created in flour or conrmeal as an offering and an invitation to the Loa. The Africans sought solace from their ancient gods. In the 16th century, he followed his enslaved mortal worshipers across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean islands, particularly Haiti, and to the USAs southern rim. There are veves like the one shown above. Dam-Ayido Wede was initially a relatively minor Vodu god (worshiped as nature-gods by the Fon and Yoruba in Africa). Damballah is ancient some say he was the very first lwa that God created. All rights reserved.ĭamballa and Aida Wedo are frequently a theme in Haitian art. The Damballah that is most well-known and served in the Rada rite is Damballah Wedo. Damballa flag featuring Aida and Erzulie at Haiti Cultural Exchange, Brooklyn. He can bring about magickal change and newness to any situation. Damballa is offered white eggs, veve drawings created with white flour, milk, and rum. Damballa is one of the most venerated deities in Haitian Vodou, and is present at most ceremonies. Often represented with his wife Aida Wedo as a Cadauceus, the intertwined snakes seen most commonly on medical insignia. He provides healing, guidance, and blessings. Damballa (also spelled Damballah) is a creator, a patriarch, a serpent. Patrick Became Voodoo’s Damballa, I talk about while the use of a Catholic saint to represent this Loa is common, he is still worshiped in a traditional way. In the New World the worship and religion surrounding these snakes took a different turn. They met, and intertwined again in the New World bringing the joy and beauty of their majesty. Aida traveled across the sky as wearing the crown of the rainbow. Damballa made the trip beneath the seas, the realm of the ancestors and deep wisdom. The serpents made the journey to the new world. War and strife made the possibility and the push of a new land a necessity. There came a time when that was no longer possible. They were lovers, intertwined souls, who danced their magick on the continent of Africa. In a time before time there were two serpents- a male and a female. Named after the Haitian Loa Death god of folklore, Damballa is an influencial, yet unseen force and a source of power for Charles Lee 'Chucky' Ray in the Childs Play series.
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