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2. Oungan - Wikipedia

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   The oungan has full control and a central role in ceremonies [7] each oungan or manbo having an original take on the style of ritual performed. [10] They serve as the middlemen between followers of Vodou and lwa. Customary colours for a oungan are red, black, and white. [11] Oungans may have students or assistants called badji-cans. [9]

3. Bokor - Wikipedia

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   A bokor (male) (Haitian Creole: bòkò) or caplata (female) is a Vodou priest or priestess for hire in Haiti who is said to serve the loa, " 'with both hands', practicing for both good and evil." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Their practice includes the creation of zombies and of ouangas (talismans that house spirits).

4. Haitian mythology - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia

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   Male priests are referred to as an oungan, alternatively spelled houngan or hungan, [217] or a prèt Vodou ("Vodou priest"). [218] Priestesses are termed manbo, alternatively spelled mambo. [219] Oungan numerically dominate in rural Haiti, while there is a more equitable balance of priests and priestesses in urban areas. [220]

6. Jean-Daniel Lafontant - Wikipedia

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   Houngan (Vodou Priest), Sèvitè (servant) Sèvitè Jean-Daniel Lafontant is a Houngan or Haitian Vodou priest and guardian of Temple Na-Ri-VéH 777 . In addition to his Vodou practice, he has also worked in marketing, nonprofits, and education, and has been one of the leading public voices for Haitian Vodou in United States media.

7. Manbo (Vodou) - Wikipedia

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   A manbo (also written as mambo) is a priestess (as opposed to a oungan, a male priest) in the Haitian Vodou religion. [1] [2] Haitian Vodou's conceptions of priesthood stem from the religious traditions of enslaved people from Dahomey, in what is today Benin. [3]

8. Bois Caïman - Wikipedia

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   A man named Boukman, another houngan, organized on August 24, 1791, a meeting with the slaves in the mountains of the North. This meeting took the form of a Voodoo ceremony in the Bois Caïman in the northern mountains of the island.

9. 2021 Bokor City Council election - Wikipedia

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   On 30 March 2021 the government of Cambodia declared its intention to establish a new city in the Kampot province, which is located along the coast. Hun Sen signed a sub-decree that states that the new city will be called Bokor City, after Kampot's famous Bokor Mountain.The new city will be located in the Beung Touk, Koh Toch, and Prek Tnout ...