Once the Loa have arrived, fed, been served, and possibly given help or advice, they leave the peristyle.

Among several other Loa he is linked with the poteau mitan or centrepost in a Vodou peristyle.

In a ritual the Loa are summoned by the Houngan ( Priest ), Mambo ( Priestess ) or Bokor ( Sorcerers ) to take part in the service, receive offerings, and grant requests.

Some of his ritual songs indicate that he " carries the ancestors " on his back to Guinea ( spiritual home of the Loa, and the afterlife ).

Certain Loa display very distinctive behaviour by which they can be recognized, specific phrases, and specific actions.

Those of a more traditional bent may prefer the Guinness record for slinging a stone:, using a long sling and a ovoid stone, set by Larry Bray in Loa, Utah, USA on 21 August 1981.

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 ).

The inland section was populated by the Atacaman culture around the great dry salt lake called Salar de Atacama, the Loa River basin and valleys and oasis across the altiplano, with the most important settlement being the village of San Pedro de Atacama.

He is a sexual Loa, frequently represented by phallic symbols and is noted for disruption, obscenity, debauchery, and having a particular fondness for tobacco and rum.

Additionally, he is the Loa of sex and resurrection, and in the latter capacity he is often called upon for healing by those near or approaching death, as it is only Baron who can accept an individual into the realm of the dead.

" Mate Care-For " is one of the principal Loa revered by the pirates in Tim Powers's 1987 novel On Stranger Tides.

Loa loa filariasis ( also known as loiasis, loaiasis, Calabar swellings, Fugitive swelling, Tropical swelling and African eyeworm ) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm, loa loa.

This observation was made by a Scottish ophthalmologist named Douglas Argyll-Robertson, but the association between Loa loa and Calabar swellings was not realized until 1910 ( by Dr. Patrick Manson ).

Loa loa microfilariae are transmitted to humans by the mango ( also, mangrove ) or deerfly vectors, Chrysops silicea and C. dimidiata.

Microfilaria of Loa loa are transmitted by several species of tabanid flies ( Order: Diptera ; Class: Tabanidae ).

Loa loa parasites infect human hosts by travelling through subcutaneous tissues such as the back, chest, groin, scalp, and eye.

For example, the song which finished last at Melodifestivalen 1990, " Symfonin " by Loa Falkman, topped the Swedish singles chart.

* Subcutaneous filariasis is caused by Loa loa ( the eye worm ), Mansonella streptocerca, and Onchocerca volvulus.

The black areas on the island ( in this scene ) that resemble a pair of sun-baked palm fronds are hardened lava flows formed by the active Mauna Loa Volcano.

** Loa ( Alani Ryan )-can disintegrate matter by phasing through it.

Loa loa is another filarial parasite transmitted by the deer fly.

It is difficult to determine the original size and shape of the volcano, as the southeast flank has been buried by volcanic lava flows from nearby Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

There are a variety of hypothesis with respect to the origin of the name " Calama ," but the two main accounts maintain that its origin comes from the language Kunza, spoken in the past by the Lickan-antay, an ethnic group that to this day resides in the El Loa Province.

This affirmation is supported by the fact that, until the middle of the 20th century, the urban site of Calama and the surrounding oasis were flanked by the River Loa ( in its south and east borders ) and the fertile plain and swamps of the western sector, creating a true island in the middle of the desert surrounded completely by water.

Contrary to the Western perception of possession, a Loa has no need to remain in the horse ( possessed ritualist ).

As soon as a Loa is recognized, the symbols appropriate to them will be given to them.

Certain Loa can become obstinate, for example the Ghede are notorious for wanting just one more smoke, or one more drink, but it is the job of the Houngan or Mambo to keep the spirits in line while ensuring they are adequately provided for.

Their traditional colour is white ( as opposed to the specific colours of individual Loa ).

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.

Its county seat is Loa.

He is both a member of the Rada family and a root, or ( Old French ) racine Loa.

His wife / companion Ayida Weddo, the rainbow serpent – he is also married to Erzulie Freda – is also a Loa of creation.

She is a racine, or root Loa, associated with Vodoun rites of initiation ( called kanzo ).

As the spiritual parents of the priesthood she and her husband are two of the Loa involved in the kanzo rites in which the Priest / ess-to-be is given the asson ( sacred rattle and tool of the priesthood ), and are both powerful guardians of " reglemen ," or the correct and appropriate form of Vodoun service.

In Vodou, and especially in Haiti, Azaka-Tonnerre ( also Azaca or Azacca ) is in the same " family " of Loa as Azaka Medeh-the Loa of agriculture.

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

Samedi is a Loa of the dead, along with Baron's numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix, and Baron Kriminel.

He is the head of the Guédé family of Loa, or an aspect of them, or possibly their spiritual father.

His wife is the Loa Maman Brigitte.

Baron Samedi is the leader of the Guédé, Loa with particular links to magic, ancestor worship and death.

In the White Wolf tabletop RPG Scion: Hero, Baron Samedi is a member of the Loa Pantheon.