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Azaka Mede (also known by various names such as: Kouzin, Couzen, Azake, Mazaka, Mede, Papa Zaka, Zaca, Papa Zaca, Cousin Zaca, etc.) is the loa of the harvest in Haitian Vodou mythology. Another way to reference this loa is through the name "Azaka Médé". [1]
The Cousin Zaka or Zaca is the most Marxist of the loa. This loa wears a red kerchief, which the color red is a symbol that represents both Voodoo and a communist symbol. Cousin Zaka wishes about all else to advance the spirit of rebellion and also introduces the loa, which in turn is then urged to communicate for their distinct and mythic personalities. [1]
He evolved after the Haitian Revolution when slaves were able to own land. Depicted as a country bumpkin who loves to eat, he is kind and gentle and he has no alternate sinister (petro) form. He is seen as a protector of peasants and defender of the poor, and is identified with Saint Isadore.He is celebrated and affiliated with Labor Day in Haiti (May 1).[citation needed] . Azaka tends to ignore white people and instead focuses on celebration food, sexuality and all of the other pleasures in life.[1]
Asaka is the loose female interpretation of him as mother of the earth in the Broadway musical Once on This Island. Asaka is the mother of the earth as she oversees plants and all growing things. This goddess is thought to be the reason for flourishing herbs, more plants to cover the earth, and the never-ending production of these plants. She is thought to have a hand in keeping trees green and productive, for all eternity.[2]
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[edit]- ^ a b c Compton, Wayde (2003). "Culture at the crossroads: Voodoo aesthetics and the axis of blackness in literature of the black diaspora". American Physiology Association. 6 (27/28): 481–513, 541 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Nies, Betsy (2014-09-29). "Transatlantic Mermaids: Literary and Cultural Fantasies from Copenhagen to Haiti and the United States". Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica. 6 (0). doi:10.5209/rev_amal.2014.v6.46527. ISSN 1989-1709.
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