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Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
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Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
Until recently, the practice of Obeah was punishable by flogging or imprisonment, among other
penalties. The government recently abolished such colonial-era punishments
prompting calls for a decriminalisation of Obeah to follow.
Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
Nanny of the Maroons, face now appears on Jamaica $500 banknote.
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She led the Maroons, a term for runaway slaves, in their fight against the British
in the early 18th Century.
It was claimed that she was an Obeah woman because of her skill in guerrilla warfare and
military tactics. Warriors believed she could catch bullets with her bare hands :
the colonial authorities twisted the tale by a claim that she could catch them with her buttocks
Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
1760:
In response to a major slave rebellion, the colonial government outlaws Obeah for the first time in
the Caribbean, with the :
Act to Remedy the Evils arising from Irregular Assemblies of Slaves
defining Obeah as:
"The wicked Art of Negroes :pretending to have Communication with the Devil and evil spirits "
Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
1898:
Under the Obeah Law practitioners face 12 months in jail and flogging.
An Obeah practitioner is defined as:
"Any person who, to effect any fraudulent or unlawful purpose, or for gain, or for the purpose of
frightening any person, uses, or pretends to use any occult means, or pretends to possess any
supernatural power or knowledege "
Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
1908:
Parliament passes the Medical Law :
intended to regulate medical practice,
but was also used frequently in cases to define difference between medicine and Obeah
Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
Folks mostly ignore questions about their Obeah purchases.
But one young woman says she is after something that will "tie" her man :
to stop him running off with other women. ::LOL::
Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
"It was something my grandmother believed in. It worked then and it works now," :-[
Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
Folks ,
know any stories similar to the above ...not necessarily obeah !
Re: Obeah is back ! - ketchim - 08-13-2013
Meseret once try to " tie down " some putagee bannah [img alt=::LOL::]http://www.westindiesforum.com/Smileys/forum/laughing.png[/img]