Voodoo in HaitiA master work of observation and description about the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Foreword | 14 |
THE HISTORY OF VOODOO | 25 |
THE SOCIAL FRAMEWORK OF VOODOO | 58 |
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African Agwé Aizan altar asked assoto become boko bulé-zin calabash called Catholic celebrated ceremony Church cloth consecrated Creole Croix-des-Bouquets cult curé Dahomean Dahomey Damballah Damballah-wèdo dance dead death deceased devotees divinities dress drums Ezili faithful fear give gods Guédé Haiti Haitian hand head honour humfo hungan and mambo hungan or mambo hunsi initiation Jacmel Jacques Roumain kanzo Legba Léogane Lorgina magic maize marassa Marbial Métraux mwê night novices offerings peasants père-savane peristyle person petro loa Port-au-Prince possessed poteau-mitan practised prayers priest priestess Protestant rada rada loa rattle religion religious rhythm rites ritual round sacred sacrifice Saint Saint-Domingue Saint-Méry salutations sanctuary servants Simbi slaves Sogbo sometimes songs sorcerers soul spirits supernatural symbolic taken told trance Tulia Tullius turn twins vaudou vèvè victim Voodoo Voodooists werewolf woman word worship Zaka zobop zombi