ZACA: VOODOO GOD WHOSE FEAST DAY IS MAY FIRST

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ZACA – The Voodoo god of agriculture and the harvest, making him the patron deity of farmers and fieldworkers. Zaca is the friendliest and most approachable of the gods and may be addressed as “Cousin Zaca” if spotted in the fields.

He dresses in denims and a straw hat just like the rural Haitians do. In addition, Zaca smokes a pipe, drinks from bottles of rum and wields a machete.

This entity’s special day is Haitian Labor Day on May 1st. 

Voodoo mythology is a fascinating hybrid of Yoruban, Dahomey, Fon and Christian beliefs intermixed with touches from Caribbean belief systems. Haiti is the location most popularly associated with the Voodoo belief system but naturally it has spread throughout the world just like other faiths.

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