The practices that hold us.
Bush baths, steam practices, hair rituals, postpartum customs, grandmother wisdom, morning and evening rituals.
A herbal bath for clearing what the day carried
Fresh leaves steeped in warm water — a Caribbean bath taken to release tiredness, grief, or unseen weight.
Read →The forty days a mother is held
Across many Caribbean families, the new mother is fed, bathed, and quietly tended for forty days.
Read →How the islands begin the day
Tea before speech, a swept yard, a glance at the sky — quiet ways the Caribbean enters the morning.
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