Bokor
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A bokor or caplata is a Vodou priest or priestess for hire in Haiti who is said to serve the loa, "'with both hands', practicing for both good and evil." Their practice includes the creation of zombie
1946 painting by Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite, of a bokor (with icons of Baron Samedi), engaged in body snatching from a cemetery in order to create zombies to serve him.
Lwa
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Lwa, also called loa, are spirits in the African diasporic religion of Haitian Vodou. They have also been incorporated into some revivalist forms of Louisiana Voodoo. Many of the lwa derive their iden
Bokor
…A bokor (male) (Haitian Creole: bòkò) or caplata (female) is a Vodou priest or priestess for hire in Haiti who is said to serve the loa, "'with both hands', practicing for both good and evil." Their practice includes the creation of zombies and of ouangas (talismans that house spirits…
A painting of the lwa Damballa, a serpent, by Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite.
A cross in the cemetery at Port-au-Prince, Haiti; this symbolizes the lwa Baron Samedi.
A large sequined Vodou "drapo" or flag by the artist George Valris, depicting the veve of the lwa Loko Atison.
A drummer in a Vodou ceremony in Brooklyn, New York City during the early 1980s