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The White Darkness
Haiti and VoodooVodVoudoun
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Presentations
1-2 Marise
3-4 Michelle
5-6 Tom
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Voodoo as fatalisticLoa / Lwa--They act as intermediaries between humanbeings and the creator, (Bondye or Bon-Dieu - Good-God), not unlike Saints and Angels do in Catholicism.
Each has a very unique and developed personality.What they like and don't like is known and honoredand each has distinct rhythms, songs, dances,symbols and rituals of service associated with it.
Some Loa are easily recognized, some are more
elusive. Phrases, actions and behavior indicate whichLoa is present. When the Loa is identified, the symbolsassociated with them are offered.
The Loa is fed, served and sometimes given or giveshelp and/or advice. They do not have some need or
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Two rites of VoodooRada: Rada rites follow the more traditional
African patterns emphasizing the gentler,more positive attributes of the loas.Devotees were all white clothing during
these ceremonies. Animal sacrifices,which represents the "partaking of theblood, include chicken, goats, and bulls.Three oxhide-covered drums provide therhythms for the chanting, representingthree atmospheres of the sun, or Legba:the largest, called Manman, related tothe chromosphere; the next, calledsimply Second, related to the
photosphere; and the smallest one,called Bou-Lah, which is the solar
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Petro: The Petro rites appear to have originatedin Haiti during the slavery days. The name
Petro allegedly comes from Don JuanFelipe Pedro, a Spanish Vodoun priest andformer slave who contributed a rather violent style of dance to the ceremonies.Many of the Petro practices, includingmore violent worship services, and the useof red in the ceremonial clothing and onthe face, which came from the Awak andCarib Indians who then lived on Saint
Dominque. The Petro loas tend to be moremenacing, deadly, and ill-tempered thanother loas; many of their names simply have the appellation GeRouge (Red Eyes)after a Rada name to signify the Petroform. Pigs are sacrificed for the benefit of
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Loas/ LwasEach Loa has a territory that theygovern; several examples are below:Loa Territory Papa Legba Crossroads
Macoufour Spiritual Highwaysand BywaysPapa Loko The Father of theLoasPapa Dumbala The RainErusile Freeda The River Erusile Dantour The OceanPapa Agwe The WindPapa Ogu Fires Above the
Earth; MetalsMali Louise Medicines
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People have 2 differentspirits
Voodoo belief states that there are two parts of the human soul. The two parts consists of ti-bon-ange (little good angel) and gros-bon-ange (greatgood angel). The gros-bon-ange is the bodys life
force, and after death, the gros-bon-ange mustreturn to the cosmos. To make sure that the ti-bon-ange is guaranteed a peaceful rest, the gros-bon-ange must be recalled through an elaborateexpensive ritual involving the sacrifice of a largeanimal, like an ox, to appease the ti-bon-ange. If the ti-bon-ange spirit is not satisfied and given apeaceful rest, the spirit remains earthboundforever and brings illness or disasters on others.
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The role of healingIn voodoo, disease is regarded as totally spiritual.
Therefore, treatment is entirely spiritual, as well.Agreat deal of empirical knowledge is required to bea voodoo healer; herbs and other agents often play
an important role.
Diseases can happen for many reasons, but they are
always mediated in some way by Loa. Loa can beangry at a person for whatever reason and causedisease; someone can invoke Loa to cause disease toanother person; and Loa may cause disease for otherreasons that can only be elucidated by a voodoohealer. Healing is often conducted by a hounganor mambo. Healing occurs in many ways; all areconcerned with reinstating some harmony with theLoa.
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Examples of healing rites:
u supplicating the Loa with sacrifice, gift, or ritualu inviting a Loa to possess the healer and confermagical, healing qualities on him or heru having a dream inspired by Loau feeding the Loau
incorporating the Loa by ingesting herbs, foods, orother products that contain the Loau honoring the Loa by wearing their coloru inviting a Loa to possess the sick personu praying to a fetish (an icon or small figurerepresenting a Loa and constructed of special material)or honoring it with sacrifice, gift, or ritual
The idea of a virus indiscriminately causingillness, without any Loa, vexing, or blackmagic involved, is completely foreign tovoodoo. There is always a personal element
associated with illness.
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oo oo s re a ons p oCatholicism and
ProtestantismRoman Catholic 80%,Protestant 16% (Baptist10%, Pentecostal 4%,Adventist 1%, other 1%),none 1%, other 3%note:roughly half of thepopulation practices voodoo
[From www.cia.gov ,
which doesnt seem toclassify voodoo as areligion.]
Voodoo becamean officialreligion in2003, meaningmarriages andotherceremonies nowhad legal
recognition.
Roman Catholic clergy,
although opposed to voodoo,have had a more benignview of it than Protestants,who see the religion asdiabolical, possibly becausevoodoo beliefs do not foster
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Tonightsfilm
Directed by RichardStanleygrew up inSouth Africa. Hismother was ananthropologist whostudied African
Filmography:I Am Legion (2012) writer High Rise (2012) - co-writer
The Theatre Bizarre (2011) - anthologdirector Imago Mortis (2009) - co-writer Black Tulips (2008) - short; writer-director Secret Glory (2001) - writer-
director The Island of Dr. Moreau - co-writerBr director Fields of the Nephilim: Revelations (199
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Typical elements of hismovies are extremeviolence, occultism, dreamsand visionaries."I do no t feel that at anytime i t was ever my decision
to make any of the movies I'
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What to watch for:
How are the Haitians presented?
How is Christianity presented?
How are non-Haitians presented?
How objectively does Stanley, a man whomakes horror films for a living, present the
material?
Is there a sense of respect, or of sensationalism, in the presentation?
The problems inherent in a film about a
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DiscussionDid you have anyknowledge orpreconceived notions of voodoo? Has this filmchanged them?
Explain the followingquotes:
Its better to dieyoung than die poor. Then no one knows
your business.
You need to
Ya sabas algo del vud?Qu opinin tenas delvud antes de ver estapelcula? Has cambiado deopinin en alguna manera?
Explica estas citas:
Es mejor morir joven que
morir pobre. As nadie semeta en tus asuntos.
Hay que cristianizarlosantes de democratizarlos.
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For next week:Well bewatching TheSerpent and theRainbow, aHollywood filmbased on thetrue life
experiences,and book, of HarvardanthropologistWade Davis.
The movie starsBill Pullman andPaul Winfield,and was
directed by Wes
Presentations:
1. Wade Davis2. Tetrodoxotin3. Ton-ton macoute
English reading:http://ourweekly.com/spiritu
Lectura en espaol:http://www.revistarevuelta.org
No summary due next week.
You may, of course,
read both!
5sentencesummary.
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