▲ The zombie culture that is sought after by Westerners originates very cruelly, and the story should start from Haiti.
▲ Haiti is a small island in the Caribbean Sea, located in the east of Cuba, and the Dominican Republic is located on the island of Hispaniola, the Dominican life is rich and comfortable, but a few years ago when we were ready to finish the Dominican trip to take an hour to Haiti, but met with every Donime people's opposition, the reason is simple and sonorous: too chaotic!
▲ The Caribbean is extremely polarized, where paradise and territory are separated by only a narrow bay: the Per capita GDP of the Bahamas exceeds 200,000 yuan, but Haiti is so poor that it can only eat soil. Here, "eating soil" is not an adjective, but a verb.
Today, the Chief Village Woman of the Rat Emperor shared what we saw and heard on our trip to Haiti.
In fact, Haiti's geographical location is not bad, the two world wars have not affected here, she is a veritable "Backyard of the United States" country, it is reasonable to say, it should develop well. But the reality is that Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere!
▲ Haiti was originally the homeland of the Indians, and after being discovered by Columbus at the end of the 15th century, it began a tragic colonial history: the indigenous people were basically killed, and the continuous black slave trade completely changed the ethnic structure of the island country.
Although she became the first country in Latin America to gain independence in 1804, the world's first black republic did not usher in a good life.
Over the past 200 years, Haiti has gone a very bumpy road: far from it, since 1986 alone, in just 30 years, Haiti has changed about 20 leaders...
Man-made disasters, coupled with natural disasters such as the 2008 typhoon and the 2010 1.12 earthquake, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere has long been in a miserable situation, and her capital, Port-au-Prince, is almost the dirtiest and chaotic capital in the world.
▲ We went by cruise ship, and the pier should be one of the best places in Haiti.
▲ After disembarking from the ship, knocking on the seal at the immigration office, 5 US dollars per person, after being questioned by us, we still laughed and giggled but resolutely charged, there was no receipt.
We went to the northern village of Kabadi, a place that was almost entirely supported by cruise ship holidaymakers.
▲ Kabadi village is located on a small island, the population of 5,000, and there is no road to the outside world, so the village can not see any cars, motorcycles, or even bicycles, travel must take a boat to the cruise ship port location, and then change buses to the nearest city.
▲Because of the inconvenience of transportation and because of poverty, the villagers make their own herbs to cure diseases.
▲ Villagers need to build their own stoves to burn cement (there is a huge cement kiln in the village), and one of the special things is that they use cow's blood instead of water to make cement, and it is said that the houses built in this way are extremely strong.
There is a school in the village, we saw a 17-year-old boy making wood carvings on the side of the road, and the chat learned that he dropped out of school very early and began to learn this technique at the age of 15, the wood was taken from the local mahogant tree, and the wood was hard.
Although the technique is not skillful and the work is slightly rough, we still decided to spend $20 to buy one, because we believed that buying the fruits of their labor was the best help, because of respect.
▲ Ordinary residents of Haitian cities are not necessarily friendly even to tourists; but this village, perhaps because of long-term isolation, perhaps because the tour groups that receive cruisers have relatively good incomes, so the villagers on the one hand can retain their ancient living habits, and on the other hand, their personalities are simple and generous, and most of the people they meet along the way have pure eyes and bright smiles.
▲ Haitian traditional dance
▲ The dance style is free and infectious, and when immersed in it, it will make people forget where they are.
But the thought of Haiti, a country of great turmoil, compares what you see in front of you, and there is a feeling of "one thought of heaven and one thought of hell".
▲ The wood carvings purchased in Haiti are still in our homes, and when writing this article, we see the wood carvings with mixed tastes.
In the chaotic world of Haiti, I don't know when I will be able to be at peace, and I hope that the people there will be able to get rid of their suffering as soon as possible.