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Why Haitians Fear Jamaicans?

gungehyard@blogger.com.  Why Haitian Fear Jamaicans?   All Though Jamaica and Haiti share close tie in terms of people ,descent, race ,history and culture.Most people don't know that silently Haitians fear Jamaicans and also there National Dish,(Ackee and Saltfish).Haitians  are also afraid to eat Sosumba and and Salt fish: a delicacy enjoyed and consumed widely by the maroons  of Trelawney Town, Accomponng Town,Scotts Path,Moore Town, Tangle River and the local Jamaicans, as well as those who resides in the wider Diaspora.The fact is Haitians practice vodoo culture as to Jamaicans who practice myalism, obeah and kumina  .Multiculturalism also shape Jamaica grandly as well as diverse religious culture .Haitians use both ackee and sosumba to perform vodoo  rituals. But most alarmingly to Haitians, Jamaicans eat both ackeee  and sosumba : (although ackee   if not open  contains a venom and can result if consume before opening into food poisoning.)

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  1. It's a good comparison of the similar cultures of both Haiti and Jamaica.
    I'm not sure that Haitians fear Jamaica? Envy perhaps?

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