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  • Asagwe - Haitian voodoo dancing used to honor the gods.

  • Avalou - Haitian voodoo dance which means supplication.

  • Coco Macaque - Haitian voodoo implement. It is a stick, which is supposed to be able to walk on its own. The owner of a coco macaque can send it on errands. If it is used to hit an enemy, the enemy will die before the dawn.

  • Gangan - Haitian voodoo shaman.

  • Ghede - family of spirits related to death and fertility

  • Guinee - Haitian afterlife. It is also where life began and the home of their gods.

  • Hungan - Haitian priests. They lead the peoples in dancing, drumming and singing to invoke the loa.

  • Loa - Haitian god or goddess.

  • Mambo - Haitian priestess who, together with the Hungan, leads the voodoo rituals and invokes the loa.

  • Petro - aggressive and warlike family of spirits

  • Rada - old, benefic family of spirits

  • Ville Au Camp - The underwater capital of the loa.

  • Voodoo

  • Vodou Or Voudoun

  • Zombie



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