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Oungan (also written as houngan) is the term for a male priest in Haitian Vodou (a female priest is known as a mambo). [1] The term is derived from Gbe languages (Fon, Ewe, Adja, Phla, Gen, Maxi and Gun). The word hounnongan means chief priest. Hounnongan or oungans are also known as makandals. [2]
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).
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]
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François Mackandal (c. 1730-c. 1758) was a Haitian Maroon leader in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti).He is sometimes described as a Haitian vodou priest, or houngan.
In Haitian lore, Vodou is often presented as having played a vital role in the Haitian Revolution, [21] although scholars debate the extent to which this is true. [492] According to legend, a Vodou ritual took place in Bois-Caïman on 14 August 1791 at which the participants swore to overthrow the slave owners before massacring local whites and ...
Bokor Bokor Bokor 8th Voted Out Day 22: Vincent Roux Returned to Game: Sokka Takeo Takeo Koh-Lanta 9th Voted Out Day 23: Manuella Baudet 35, Thiais: Bokor Bokor Bokor Bokor Medically evacuated Day 25: Sandro Gonzalez Schena 31, Lasne, Belgium: Sokka Sokka Bokor Bokor 10th Voted Out 1st jury member Day 26: Marjorie Rousseeuw 42, Dunkirk: Bokor ...
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