The Loa ( also Lwa or L ' wha ) are the spirits of Haitian Vodou.

Syncretism also works the other way in Haitian Vodou and many Catholic saints have become Loa in their own right, most notably St. Philomena, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Jude, and St. John the Baptist.

Influences include: Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Spiritualism, and the many Afro-Diasporic faiths like Haitian Vodou, Santería and Espiritu religion.

These latter are the original zombies, occurring in the West African Vodun religion and its American offshoots Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo.

It is distinct from the various traditional animistic religions in the interiors of these same countries and is the main origin for religions of similar name found among the African Diaspora in the New World such as Haitian Vodou, the Vudu of Puerto Rico, Candomblé Jejé in Brazil ( which uses the term Vodum ), Louisiana Voodoo and Santería in Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

The vodun are the centre of religious life, similarly in many ways to doctrines such as the intercession of saints and angels that made Vodun appear compatible with Christianity, especially Catholicism, and produced syncretic religions such as Haitian Vodou.

) In addition, many of the 41. 5 % of the population that refer to themselves as Christian practice a syncretized religion, not dissimilar from Haitian Vodou or Brazilian Cadomblé ; indeed, many of them are descended from freed Brazilian slaves who settled on the coast near Ouidah.

The concept of spiritual possession exists in many religions, including Christianity, Buddhism, Haitian Vodou, Wicca, and Southeast Asian and African traditions.

In Haitian Vodou and related African diasporic traditions, one way that those who participate or practice can have a spiritual experience is by being possessed by the lwa ( or Loa ).

* Haitian Vodou

For example, Papa Legba is considered by Haitian Vodou practitioners to be closest to Saint Peter, although in Brazilian Quimbanda it is not uncommon to see Exu closely associated with demonic entities such as Lucifer, clad in Mephistophelean attire and bearing a trident.

Antigòn is noteworthy in its attempts to insert the lived religious experience of many Haitians into the content of the play through the introduction of several Loa from the pantheon of Haitian Vodou as voiced entities throughout the performance.

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The Rada Lwa of Haitian Vodou

In Haitian Vodou, the Guédé ( also spelled Gede or Ghede, pronounced in Haitian Creole ) are the family of Loa that embody the powers of death and fertility.

In Haitian Vodou, Papa Legba is the intermediary between the loa and humanity.

In Vodoun, and especially Haitian Vodou, Boli Shah is a minor loa who guards families.

In Haitian Vodou, Clermeil was the loa who made rivers flood their banks.

In Haitian Vodou, Diable Tonnere is a loa ( deity ) who presides over thunder.

In Haitian Vodou, Diejuste is a kind-hearted, benevolent loa.

In Haitian Vodou, Dinclinsin is a European loa feared for his temper and cruelty, he is often envisioned as a white colonial slave owner, he often carries a whip and is recognisable by his habit of putting whatever is given to him in his pockets, one of his favourite tricks is to pour rum into his pockets without his clothes getting wet.

In Haitian Vodou or Vodou, Erzulie ( sometimes spelled Ezili ) is a family of lwa, or spirits.

In Haitian Vodou, Gran Maître ( or Gran Met ) is one of the primary creator goddesses.

* Kadans, a Haitian Creole music genre, also known as Cadence

The last two decades of the 19th century were also marked by the development of a Haitian intellectual culture.

He also attempted to gain the favor of the Garde — renamed the Haitian Army ( Armée d ' Haïti ) in March 1947 — by promoting Lavaud to brigadier general and by seeking United States military assistance.

Duvalier also clashed with Dominican President Juan Bosch in 1963, after Bosch provided aid and asylum to Haitian exiles working to overthrow his regime.

This stylistic variant is also used in depicting the Haitian Voodoo loa Erzulie Dantor.

He also produced a compilation of Haitian music called Konbit: Burning Rhythms of Haiti that was released in 1989.

C. L. R. James also used the term to refer to revolutionaries during the Haitian Revolution in his book The Black Jacobins.

Machetes were also the distinctive tool / weapon of the Haitian Tonton Macoute.

A new version of the zombie, distinct from that described in Haitian religion, has also emerged in popular culture in recent decades.

In Haitian Carnival, there are beautiful costumes, floats, Rara parades, masks, foods, and popular Konpa bands known around the world, such as T-Vice, Djakout # 1, Sweet Micky also known as the new president of Haiti Michel Martelly, Kreyol La, D. P.

Aniston donated $ 500, 000 to Doctors Without Borders, Haitian health care provider Partners in Health and AmeriCares, and also participated in the megastar-studded Hope for Haiti Now telethon.

A successful AIDS prevention and treatment program was also established, leading the Catholic Institute for International Relations to state, the " incredible feat of slowing the rate of new infections in Haiti has been achieved despite the lack of international aid to the Haitian government, and despite the notable lack of resources faced by those working in the health field.

Creole, " Kreyol " or " Kweyol " also refers to the creole languages in the Caribbean, including Antillean Creole, Haitian Creole, and Jamaican Creole, among others.

Baron Samedi ( Baron Saturday, also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi ) is one of the Loa of Haitian Voodoo.

In Haitian Vodou, Grand Bois ( meaning great wood, also Grans Bwa, Bran Bwa, Ganga-Bois ) is an elemental, nature-oriented loa closely associated with trees, plants and herbs.

In Haitian Vodou, Simbi ( also Sim ' bi ) is a large and diverse family of serpent Loa ( Vodoun spirit ) from the West Central Africa / Kongo region.

When the man's neighbor also bought a subscription, Gaines declared the trip to be a financial success because the magazine had doubled its Haitian circulation.

North Miami Beach has a large middle class Haitian community, and it is also known as the business center of Miami-Dade's small Indian American, Indo-Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean American, Jewish-American, and Chinese American communities.

It also had the fifty-second highest percentage of Haitian residents, which was 2. 9 % ( tied with four other areas, including Opa-Locka ,) and the eighty-first highest concentration of Colombian residents, which made up 1. 9 % of the population ( tied with West Miami.

East Orange also has a large Haitian American community, with 2, 852 persons claiming Haitian ancestry in the 2000 Census.