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In English, Vodou's practitioners are termed Vodouists; [45] in French and Haitian Creole, they are called Vodouisants [46] or Vodouyizan. [47] Another term for adherents is sèvitè (serviteurs, "devotees"), [48] reflecting their self-description as people who sèvi lwa ("serve the lwa "), the supernatural beings that play a central role in Vodou.
In 2005, Beauvoir, a houngan and biochemist, launched the Federasyon Nasyonal Vodou Ayisyen, which he later renamed in 2008 as Konfederasyon Nasyonal Vodou Ayisyen. [1]In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, he expressed the KNVA's disapproval of the mass graves which were hastily dug for tens of thousands of deceased Haitian victims to René Préval, [2] and he became one of the more ...
Haitian mythology consists of many folklore stories from different time periods, involving sacred dance and deities, all the way to Vodou.Haitian Vodou is a syncretic mixture of Roman Catholic rituals developed during the French colonial period, based on traditional African beliefs, with roots in Dahomey, Kongo and Yoruba traditions, and folkloric influence from the indigenous Taino peoples of ...
In Haiti, Voodoo has come about and become more popular through another lineage known as the "Asson". However, before the "Asson", the "Tcha-Tcha" lineage was the prominent lineage in Haiti. Thus the "Tcha-Tcha" lineage is one of the oldest lineages within the Voodoo tradition all over the island.
Grand Bois (meaning great wood, also Grans Bwa, Bran Bwa, Ganga-Bois; Haitian Creole: Gran Bwa) is an elemental, nature-oriented loa closely associated with trees, plants, and herbs in Haitian Vodou.
In Haiti, this took the form of Haitian Vodou. [2] This religion was primarily influenced by the traditional religions of the Fon and Bakongo peoples, [3] but also absorbed the iconography of European-derived traditions such as Roman Catholicism and Freemasonry. [4] These elements combined into the form of Vodou around the mid-18th century. [5]
Loko is a loa, patron of healers and plants, especially trees in the Vodou religion. He is a racine (root) and a rada loa.Among several other loa, he is linked with the poteau mitan or center post in a Vodou peristyle.
Bossou Ashadeh is a loa, the spirit of the deceased Dahomean king Tegbessou in Vodou, especially in Haiti. [1] In his petro manifestation, Bossou is often depicted as a horned bull. [ 2 ]