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“I love water.
Illustration by Clara Hendler
Water itself can hold your intention.”
“Water has no enemy,” says Juju Bae.
“It cleanses us physically, it cleanses us spiritually.”
Illustration by Clara Hendler
She emphasizes that in many African Traditional Religions, water is venerated and viewed as a life source.
In the West, she notes, that reverence for nature isn’t typically quite as significant.
This has a distinct effect on Black people’s contemporary relationship to water and its multifaceted uses.
Illustration by Clara Hendler
Unsurprisingly, much of Black Twitter expressed distaste over such blase routines.
Physically, this appreciation of water can extend to a variety of regular rituals such as spiritual baths.
Similar to Iya Osundara, Juju Bae also takes spiritual baths frequently.
Illustration by Clara Hendler
Take the line, “God’s gonna trouble the water.”
Since her initiation into Osun in 2019, she takes a spiritual bath every week.
That connection is a complicated melange of trauma and healing.
Water is a powerful supporting character,whose presence is infused throughout the project.
At the beginning of the film, Beyonce is submerged in water and grief.
Water, for many, expresses spiritual decontamination, salvation, self-care, and survival.
It is the ultimate life force that compels consistent acknowledgment and consumption, both internally and externally.
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