To: Tom Clarke who wrote (79259 ) 4/30/2000 2:23:00 PM From: lorrie coey Read Replies (1) | Respond to
"The courts are the only check on this renegade mob." "Turns out that Babal£ Ay‚ is the name of a West African deity that came along with the thousands of people who were enslaved by Europeans anb brought to the Americas to labor. Ricky Ricardo, played by the-rather-caucasian Dezi (Desiderio) Arnaz brought it to this country from his native Cuba, but, alas, only for its entertainment value. Later, encouraged by the Castro regime, thousands of Cuban believers brought Babal£, Chang¢, Yemay and many other African deities in their worship. In Cuba and the Caribbean, as well as Brazil and other parts of America, the Africans managed to keep their religion and deities alive by mascarading them as Catholic Christian saints and icons. For example, Africans made La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre (the Virgen of Charity, the matron saint of Cuba), a proxy for Osh£n. Chang¢ became Santa B rbara. Babal£ Ay‚, San L zaro, Saint Lazarus . dropby.com A force of nature such as wind, lightning, the earth, or the ocean. who once lived on this earth. a strong woman, a warrior )."dropby.com "9 princeton.edu Lazarus (1883) was inscribed at the main entrance to the pedestal: yearning to breath free, home.sol.no
