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He usually appears as an old man on a crutch or with a cane, wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat and smoking a pipe, or drinking dark rum. The dog is sacred to him. Legba is syncretized with Saint Peter, Saint Lazarus, [1] and Saint Anthony. [2] His veve incorporates a walking cane on the right side. [3] Offerings to him typically include candy. [3]
Staten was born in Haiti in 1937 and later moved to New Orleans where he established a voodoo temple. [3] He became known as the Chicken Man for infamously biting off the heads of live chicken while performing his voodoo rituals. [4] [1] He was taught by his Haitian grandparents the voodoo arts. [2]
She was the third female leader of Voodoo in New Orleans (the first was Sanité Dédé, who ruled for a few years before being usurped by Marie Saloppé), a New Orleans voodoo "queen", or priestess. [23] Marie Laveau maintained her authority throughout her leadership, although there was an attempt to challenge her in 1850.
Depiction of Baron Samedi on the side of a building in New Orleans Cross of Baron La Croix. Baron Samedi (English: Baron Saturday), also written Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi or Bawon Sanmdi, is one of the lwa of Haitian Vodou. He is a lwa of the dead, along with Baron's numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix and Baron Criminel.
As a young man, Rebennack was interested in New Orleans voodoo, and in Los Angeles he developed the idea of the Dr. John persona for his old friend Ronnie Barron, based on the life of Dr. John, a Senegalese prince, conjure man, herb doctor, and spiritual healer who came to New Orleans from Haiti. This free man of color lived on Bayou Road and ...
Michael Lee Lewis (born November 14, 1971) is an American former professional football player who is the team ambassador of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). [1] He played as a wide receiver and return specialist , earning first-team All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl selection as a returner in 2002.
During the slave trade, the majority of Central Africans imported to New Orleans, Louisiana, were Bakongo people. This image was painted in 1886 and shows African Americans in New Orleans performing dances from Africa in Congo Square. Congo Square was where African Americans practiced Voodoo and Hoodoo. [36]
Among those drawing on both Vodou lwa and Santería oricha to create a new Voodoo was the African American Miriam Chamani, who established the Voodoo Spiritual Temple in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1990. [99]