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2. Oungan - Wikipedia

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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]

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. Edwards scores 26, Wolves hold on to beat Mavs 105-99 after ...

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   Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 105-99 Christmas Day victory over Dallas after Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic left the game with a strained left calf.

6. 'My son died at 24 - now I'm doing his bucket list' - AOL

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   People with the condition will usually only live into their 20s or 30s, the NHS says. In his final years, he was unable to move unassisted, required a ventilator to breathe, and lived with chronic ...

7. Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders escapes ejection for shoving ...

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   Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders avoided an ejection for shoving the referee in the second half of No. 16 Colorado's 37-21 loss to Kansas.. Officials appeared to miss Sanders shoving the referee in the ...

8. Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia

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   Male priests are referred to as an oungan, alternatively spelled houngan or hungan, [215] or a prèt Vodou ("Vodou priest"). [216] Priestesses are termed manbo, alternatively spelled mambo. [217] Oungan numerically dominate in rural Haiti, while there is a more equitable balance of priests and priestesses in urban areas. [218]

9. 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]