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If you are a descendant of the people who birthed the Hoodoo Tradition, then you should know about Hoodoo Heritage Month - a celebration of indigenous spiritual culture in Black america that happens every October.
Coined by Mama Rue (Pre-elder of the Arnold-Dulaney Hoodoo Clan), every HHM practitioners gather together in the name of the first Black american religious tradition to exist on this soil (yes, even before the Black church).
This is a time to focus on the authenticity of our tradition and the beauty and power of its people…The Hoodoo People. There are no hard and fast rules for how to celebrate, but there are specific observance dates to know about.
OCT 2nd: Nat Turner Day
This is the birthdate of Nathanial “Nat” Turner, Ancestor and prophet who on August 21st, 1831 led the most effective rebellion of enslaved peoples in the U.S. He had prophetically received visions of freedom, and after witnessing an Eclipse one day, endeavored to see those visions through.
3rd thursday of october: High john the conker day
This month HJC day lands on October 19th. On this day we observe our beloved Hoodoo deity High John (aka High John The Conqueror) - the spiritual force we honor as a joyful trickster and fearless leader of freedom (amongst other things). His observance colors are purple and gold.
OCT 21ST: DAY OF OUR FATHERS
Coined by Emanuel Basnight (founder of Bless The Roads) this is a day to honor your Ancestral and living fathers, uncs, granddaddies and brothers. It is a time to reflect on healthy masculinity, and the challenges, lessons and triumphs of your paternal side.
OCT 23RD: DAY OF OUR ChiLDren
Coined by Me TheAfroMystic & founder of the Califia Hoodoo Society. On this day we honor and cherish our children. We acknowledge that they are Ancestors come again and will be the Elders of the future long after we’re gone. Celebrate the unique spirit of our chillun’ fully and wholly, and acknowledge your inner child too. Play. (I became a child on this day 30+ years ago!)
OCT 25th: DAY OF OUR MOTHERS
Also coined by Emanuel, this is a day to celebrate the ones who brought us into the world—and can take us out! We honor the power of the Ancestral mothers all the way back to the first one to give birth, and we reflect on the challenges, lessons and triumphs of our own Mamas, sisters, Grannies, Aunties, and daughters.
OCT 31ST: DAY OF THE MAN AT THE CROSSROADS
On the day the west celebrates Halloween/Samhain, we also honor The Black Man At The Crossroads; another beloved Hoodoo spirit that acts as the traffic conductor of àse (ashe), the bringer of both lucks, the changer of hands, the point man and trickster that opens the road to your destiny or closes the road to other things. His observance colors are red and black.
However you celebrate this month, understand that as a Black person here, you are a descendant of people full of power, genius, skill, depth, and wealth! Honor the Ancestors who gave it to you.
HAPPY HOODOO HERITAGE MONTH!
