the supernatural in jamaica

SUPERNATURAL BLOG ONE

The supernatural has played quit an important role in my life as well as the history of my people. I am Jamaican and in Jamaica there are many different cultures therefore we have different religions and believe in different gods. Jamaicans have African cultures from when slaves were brought to the country they came with a lot of different religion, customs, and believes. This played a huge part in the way Jamaica is today. Indian cultures where Indians came to the country to work and they came with Hinduism, so were the Chinese who came with Buddhism. A culture that has recently become a part of Jamaica is Rastafarianism. They believe in Ras Tafari and praise “emperior Haile Selassie”. A major supernatural element or phenomenon is something that Jamaicans call obeah other countries refer to it as witchcraft or voodoo.
The dominant religion in Jamaica is Christianity therefore Christians believe in the god of Moses and the scriptures of the Holy Bible. In Jamaica as well as other countries persons are said to speak in “tongues” when a person speaks in tongues he or she speaks word that cannot be understood by most people and that person is said to be talking to god. It is said that the person has the person is taken over by the holy spirit .persons in that state also do a lot of jumping around.
The symbol used in Christianity is the cross it signifies what Jesus was crucified on and that he gave his life for us. Some crosses are plain while others have a image of Jesus on it showing his crucifixion.

christianity.about.com/.../Christian-Cross.htm

www.bird-realty.com/inspirational.htm
Before a person can become a truly dedicated Christian he or she gets baptized in Jamaica some persons get baptized in rivers like Jesus did as to wash of f their sins, others get baptized in the church itself as some churches have pools inside of them. Parents also carry their babies to the church to get them christened. Christening comes from “Christ which means to bring to Christ” (http://www.christeningessentials.com/what_is_christening_).
Religion plays an important part in everybody’s life whether you are a Christian or a Buddhist and each religion has its supernatural beliefs and that’s what makes our religion what it is. We can either choose to believe it or forget about it.