Makaya is the yearly Vodun earth, vegetation, herbal cleansing, cosmos, cyclical celestial alignments and cycle of life celebrations at the Winter Solstice. During this yearly Vodun celebration of the earth's life giving vegetation, herbal/plant nourishments, people detox, plant seeds for new trees to come, deposit with the inner eye inner seeds for the next Sun Year's healing, manifestations and joyful harvests; take cleansing baths, honor the quenching waters, both earthly (Simbi waters) and cosmic primordial. It's a time for appreciation, cleansing and meditation. Makaya honors Nature, the cosmos,, rebirth - its cycles, cosmic alignments, rhythms, science, quantum physics and sacred geometry. Makaya celebrates Kilti e Syans Lakay - our ancient Vodun science and culture aligned to the biosphere. It's rituals for temple (body/mind/spirit) restoration for the living. And Govi soul reclaiming, from the cosmic magnetospheres/Duat/ Anba Dlo, of the irreducible, eternal essence of the Ancestors. Makaya is Vodun's Nature celebrations honoring Nature's plant/herbal bounties and the wondrous, life manifesting properties and healing of the multiverses' Sunlights, Moonlights, Starlights and Earthlights..its cycles, serpentine paths ending at the winter solstice peaking at the summer solstice to again descend, renew, regenerate and be reborn as a New Sun year, again.
The Makaya celebration recognizes the astrological science of the Vodun Ancestors for the end of each Sun Year, marking the stars, sun, moon, earth seasons, celestial alignments and zodiac cycles.