ISt Louis Cemetery # 1 yakhiwa ngo-1789 esikhaleni sebhulokhi elilodwa. Izizathu zigcina amathuna angaphezu kuka-700 nabantu abangaphezu kuka-100,000 40,000 abafile futhi kubalwa, njengoba kusasetshenziswa nanamuhla emangcwabeni ngentengo ka- $ XNUMX kuphela. Lokhu kubhekwa njengokunye kakhulu amathuna ahaunted e-United States ngeminyaka engaphezu kwengu-200 yemibiko enokuxhumana nezipoki zaseSt Louis Cemetery # 1. Amathuna aseSt Louis # 2 akhiwa ngo-1823. Womabili la mathuna aserejista kazwelonke ye-Historic Places naseLouisana African American Heritage Trail. 

Ukungena Emathuneni aseSt

Ithuna laseSt. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni i-Archdiocese yaseNew Orleans ivale amathuna emphakathini ngemuva kukaMashi 2015, kuvunyelwe kuphela izinkambo eziqondiswayo. Imindeni yabashonile engcwatshwe lapha ingafaka isicelo sepasi sokuvakashela abathandekayo babo. Amathuna angcwatshwe ngenhla. Lokhu kungenxa yetafula lamanzi aphakeme ledolobha elenza ukuthi ukungcwatshwa okusemhlabathini kungenzeki. Ibhokisi lomngcwabo elingaphansi komhlaba belivele limane libuyele phezulu. 

Amathuna amaningi abizwa ngokuthi “izindlu zamahhavini” noma “amagumbi okuvimba odongeni.” La mathuna ahlala izinsalela zamalungu amaningi omndeni. Bangamathuna a-stackable, abeka izinsalela ngesitayela seKhabhinethi. Uma umzimba usufakwe ngaphakathi ushiywa ungaphazanyiswanga ethuneni unyaka owodwa nosuku olulodwa. Ngemuva kwalesi sikhathi, izinsalela zingadonswa ngemuva kwethuna lenze indawo yokuthi kubekwe esinye isidumbu ngaphakathi. Eminye imindeni incamela ukuqoqa izinsalela bese izifaka ngaphakathi kwesikhwama semisipha.

Indlovukazi yaseVoodoo emathuneni aseSt

Omunye wabantu abavelele kakhulu abangcwatshwe lapha ngu Indlovukazi uVoodoo Marie Laveau, wazalwa ngo-1801 futhi washona ngo-1881. Kuthiwa uzofihlwa esizeni 347 emathuneni # 1. Wazalelwa esigodini saseFrance futhi wathola udumo lwasendaweni njengodokotela weVoodoo ofunda amakhambi kunina, futhi wayengumcwali wezinwele kwabacebile. Ngalawo makhambi, wasiza abantu abaningi ngesikhathi se-yellow fever yekhulu le-19, esindisa izimpilo eziningi. Ukusebenzisa leyo makhambi kwamzuzela udumo njengodokotela weVoodoo. Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi usasiza abantu abavela ethuneni, ngezipho ezishiywe ethuneni lakhe, umoya wakhe ubonakale ezindaweni eziningi kuwo wonke amathuna, yize kuthiwa akayena umoya wobungani. Abantu babike ukuthi baklwebhiwe, bancinciwe noma basunduzelwa phansi. Inganekwane kuthiwa uma umaka ithuna lakhe ngo-3-x bese wenza isifiso, siyanikezwa, lowo muntu kufanele abuye azoshiya isipho ethuneni lakhe. 

Umkhumbi

Esinye isipoki esathi ukuhamba emathuneni nguHenry Vignes, owayengumatilosi phakathi nekhulu le-19. Wahamba umhlaba wonke futhi wenza ikhaya lakhe lokugcina endlini yokuhlala eNew Orleans. Kuthiwa wayehlala ekhathazekile ngamaphepha abalulekile aphathelene nethuna lomndeni wakhe ngenkathi esolwandle, nokuthi wacela umnikazi wendlu yokuhlala ukuba abagcine bephephile ngenkathi engekho. Ngenkathi elwandle, umnikazi wendlu ayehlala kuyo wathengisa ithuna lakhe, lapho uVignes esebuyile, wathola ukuthi ithuna selithengisiwe futhi akazange akwazi ukubuyisa ithuna, kwathi ngemuva kwalokho washona. UHenry wangcwatshwa ethuneni elingamakiwe. Kuthiwa isipoki sakhe sibuza abahamba ngezinyawo ukuthi ithuna laseVignes likuphi njengoba engakwazi ukulithola yena. Umoya wakhe ubonakale emingcwabeni, uvame ukuvela ngemuva kosizi ebuza ukuthi ngabe isekhona yini indawo ethuneni lakhe. Ukubonakala kwakhe kubanjiwe kwikhamera nomsindo wezwi lowesilisa othi "Ngidinga ukuphumula". 

I-Sentinel

U-Alphonse ngesinye isipoki okuthiwa sihlasela la mathuna. Isipoki sakhe kuthiwa sithathe isandla sesivakashi bese sisidonsa sima lapho sihamba khona sicela ukuthi simlethe ekhaya. Futhi, ubonakale eqoqa izimbali emathuneni abanye futhi azibeka ethuneni lakhe. Le nganekwane kuthiwa yabulawa ngumndeni wakwaPinead njengoba kuthiwa yexwayisa izivakashi ukuba zinganyatheli eduze kwethuna lomndeni wakwaPinead. Akwaziwa ukuthi kungani kungenzeka ukuthi bambulala. Le yimimoya evelele kunazo zonke ehlasela Amathuna aseSt. Louis, #, noma kungenzeka ukuthi maningi, maningi kakhulu.