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They came, it turned out, from abroad—from semesters spent in Europe or South America or Asia. We could find their pictures, captioned “LOA,” in the house facebook. The returning students had changed from the pictures we identified them by. The they’d cut their hair, or exuded a new, vaguely Continental languor, or had become raconteurs. In their absence, we had bought books at the Coop and trudged up Garden Street to the Quad and had slept through lectures in Sever or Emerson—had done, in short...
Voodoo has been actively misrepresented by Hollywood for generations. Real vodou is a form of loa (god, spirit) worship with roots in west Africa, mainly in the Yoruba culture, although with a degree of influences from elsewhere...
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Constant understands the political power of Haiti's peasant religion. He often treats journalists to late-night voodoo rituals and trips to the sacred waterfall at Saut d'Eau as he calls for help from his loa, the warrior god who represents St. George. This Sunday, Constant is intent on communing with his loa at a temple in the valley north of Gonaives. By the time he arrives at the site -- a concrete hovel -- darkness has fallen. Inside is an altar topped with white lace, a cross and a merry christmas sign. At its base are rum bottles and skulls...
...ceremony begins. Constant offers up pictures of four loas, including his own. A priest takes shavings from the bone of one skull, sprinkles rum on the crowd, then swigs. He spreads rum on the floor, drinks again. He begins to foam at the mouth, spittle flying as he shakes his head. A bottle of rum is set afire. Constant dances uncomfortably. A loa takes possession of a girl, who writhes at Constant's feet: he looks embarrassed. There is more dancing, more drinking. Then Constant too is lying on the floor, in a fetal position. A girl dances around...