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La semaine derniere a Kahkabila, j'ai eu la chance de m'entretenir avec la vieille Christel Colindres. Je lui ai demandé pourquoi ils appelaient Florentino Josef, personnage historique de la communauté, "The Prophete". Je retranscris ici sa réponse en créole:
"Him was heat by the thunder from heaven and loose conscience for two days, and I say is a blessing of God he got, because he could not read or write any word before that [...], after he come back to his five sense, he could read any letter, any book, any Bible. And he could look you in the face and tell you what going to happen to you."
"The Prophete could cure people when the doctor could not, with plants. But now people die from sickness even the doctor can't cure, like terrible pain in the head or terrible pain in the belley."
"Him was heat by the thunder from heaven and loose conscience for two days, and I say is a blessing of God he got, because he could not read or write any word before that [...], after he come back to his five sense, he could read any letter, any book, any Bible. And he could look you in the face and tell you what going to happen to you."
"The Prophete could cure people when the doctor could not, with plants. But now people die from sickness even the doctor can't cure, like terrible pain in the head or terrible pain in the belley."