~ April 27
When in my turn I dance in your power
Aida Wedo se bon se bon
When in my dance I turn to your power
Aida Wedo se bon se bon
When in my turn I enter your trance
Aida Wedo se bon se bon
Then I will see who will smile tomorrow
Aida Wedo se bon se bon
Then I will see who will cry tomorrow
Aida Wedo se bon se bon
Then I will see who will die tomorrow
Aida Wedo se bon se bon
-Haitian voudoun song to the goddess
In the danced rituals of the Haitian religion called voudoun, women allow themselves to be “ridden” or possessed by various goddesses. These loa—who are African goddesses melded to spirits of the New World-are not seen as separate from human beings, living in some heaven above this earth. Rather, the woman who embodies the loa is, for that time, the goddess herself. When she is not dancing in a human body, she rests within nature, awaiting another opportunity to reveal herself in human form.
We are, all of us, bodies the goddess wears. Our lives are our own, but they are also hers. The great force of the feminine acts through us, whether we desire it or not. Embracing that knowledge will not change us into someone else. It will simply let us become more truly ourselves.
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