"If you have a pain in your head or a lizard drop in your bed, better call on Killamon Vear. He has a big white sheet filled with fruit and plenty goat meat, better call on Killahmon Vear"
This is the opening part of an old slave song from Jamaica my Nana likes to sing. Unfortunately, she is having a hard time remembering the rest of it in her old age (93 and still living in her own!) but I am trying to help her along by doing research. Unfortunately, it seems there is very little info out there in relation to Obeah/Obio? magic and the Obeah men that this folk tune relates to.
What I do know is that Killamon Vear was an Obeah man and you called on himto heal the sick or work magic, to remove hexes or curse someone.
My nana says that most towns or villages had an Obeah man when she was growing up in rural Jamaica in the 1920's, a place far removed from what most people traditonally think of today's Jamaica. There were no Rastafarians, no reggae and certainly no dancehall music. The British Empire that controlled the land was waning.
My nana can still recall her mother getting the Obeah man to remove the venom a scorpion injected into her when she reached into her dollhouse one morning. He made a poultice and told her to leave it on for two days. He had a big smile but nan thought him a bit scary. Still, in a place with few doctors, the Obeah man helped many out.
"Obio" is an old African word that means community. Obi or Obeah refers to magic.
I like to think that I contribute to my community and I like to help others. I also still liked to believe in a litle magic sometimes. So with that, I've changed my handle again, in honor of KillamonVear and Obeah men/women. Crazy Shaman, spirit speakers and community fixture. I also hope that by doing so, I'm keeping alive something from the past.
This is the opening part of an old slave song from Jamaica my Nana likes to sing. Unfortunately, she is having a hard time remembering the rest of it in her old age (93 and still living in her own!) but I am trying to help her along by doing research. Unfortunately, it seems there is very little info out there in relation to Obeah/Obio? magic and the Obeah men that this folk tune relates to.
What I do know is that Killamon Vear was an Obeah man and you called on himto heal the sick or work magic, to remove hexes or curse someone.
My nana says that most towns or villages had an Obeah man when she was growing up in rural Jamaica in the 1920's, a place far removed from what most people traditonally think of today's Jamaica. There were no Rastafarians, no reggae and certainly no dancehall music. The British Empire that controlled the land was waning.
My nana can still recall her mother getting the Obeah man to remove the venom a scorpion injected into her when she reached into her dollhouse one morning. He made a poultice and told her to leave it on for two days. He had a big smile but nan thought him a bit scary. Still, in a place with few doctors, the Obeah man helped many out.
"Obio" is an old African word that means community. Obi or Obeah refers to magic.
I like to think that I contribute to my community and I like to help others. I also still liked to believe in a litle magic sometimes. So with that, I've changed my handle again, in honor of KillamonVear and Obeah men/women. Crazy Shaman, spirit speakers and community fixture. I also hope that by doing so, I'm keeping alive something from the past.
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clio:
thank you dear 