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.

The 1780s saw the arrival of the first known non-indigenous permanent settler in Chicago, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, who is believed to be of Haitian and French descent.

* Manzanillo Port is located very close to the Haitian border.

There is a sizeable Haitian migrant community in the Dominican Republic.

One of the country's official languages is Haitian Creole, a French-based creole with African influences, as well as minor Spanish and Taíno influences.

Finding unemployment statistics from Haiti is very difficult because of the lack of publication of such data from the Haitian agencies in charge of collecting it.

The Haitian National Police is tasked with providing law enforcement and security for Haiti.

The Haitian Coast Guard is charged with law enforcement, security, and search and rescue operations.

Officially, it is a part of the Haitian National police.

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

* 1803 – The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.

* 1806 – Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti is assassinated after an oppressive rule.

A zombie ( Haitian Creole: zonbi ; North Mbundu: nzumbe ) is an animated corpse resurrected back to life by mystical means, such as witchcraft.

According to psychologist Terence Hines, the scientific community dismisses tetrodotoxin as the cause of this state, and Davis ' assessment of the nature of the reports of Haitian zombies is viewed as overly credulous.

** Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed from power.

* June 8 – Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L ' Ouverture is seized by French troops and is imprisoned at the Fort de Joux.

The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.

Evolving in Haiti during the 1850s, the Haitian merengue ( known as the mereng in Haitiean Creole and méringue in French ) is regarded as the oldest surviving form of merengue performed today and is a national symbol.

But in Haitian Petro loa he is known as " Dumballah Nan Flambo ," and it is believed he can be heard " speaking through a flame ".

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.

* Limba ( loa ), a loa In Haitian Vodun who lived among rocks and eats passers-by.

Maîtresse Délai is a Haitian loa who walks with the tambourine player ( the hountor.

In Haitian Vodou, Marinette is a cruel and vicious loa who was elevated to a lwa after her death.

In Haitian Vodou, male homosexuals are seen as under the protection of the Erzulie Freda, loa of love and beauty.