![]() If you’re feeling generous, offer him a snack…he like plain peanuts, plain popcorn, roasted corn, and plantain or sweet banana.and a few silver coins for his time. Light a white candle at your door and make him a cup of sweet coffee (no milk) and have a chat with him. Since he is at the gate, anyone can speak with him and today is a good day for that. The Old Man is often whom people new to Vodou or curious about Vodou meets, as he is basically the bouncer who decides who comes in and who stays out. ![]() The crossroads are not his domain and he is not served there, but if Legba closes a/the door for you it will not open and all roads will be closed until he decides otherwise. If he does not open the door/gate, the lwa cannot pass and so he is vitally important to all ceremony and all vodouizan. ![]() Legba sits at the gate/door at the bottom of Gran Chemin, the road which the lwa walk down to speak with us. This was just before my kanzo, and while getting ready for kanzo was very difficult, I think it would have been that much harder if I had refused Legba when he was in need. He made his way down the line and we chatted for a moment before I gave him whatever I had within reach in the car. I was stuck in traffic in what is essentially Little Haiti in Boston, and on the traffic island was an older Haitian man on crutches begging for change. The first time I met Legba, it was while I was driving. For me, Legba appears as an old man who can barely walk (the most common ‘face’ of Legba) and so St Lazarus is the saint I most closely see him with. Elegua is known as the ruler of all crossroads, roads, and doorways. Elegua existed before creation and was witness to it after being created by Olodumare. His importance among the Orishas is due primarily to him being the first of them to be created. ![]() Bon fet St Lazarus! In Haitian Vodou, St Lazarus is one of many saints that Legba can walk with. Within Haitian Voodou and other Afro-Carribbean traditions, Elegua is known as Papa Legba. ![]()
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