Oungan
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Oungan is the term for a male priest in Haitian Vodou. The term is derived from Gbe languages. The word hounnongan means chief priest. Hounnongan or oungans are also known as makandals.
Oungan ceremony ritual
An asson, the sacred rattle of oungans and manbos. Made of a calabash gourd, it is covered with beads or snake vertebrae. A small bell is attached.
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
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…healing rituals; initiations for new priests (tesses); creating potions and casting spells; and dream interpretations. Sometimes they may also be bokor (sorcerers). The Duvalier dictatorship has some oungans (Vodou priests) and other Vodou practitioners were members of the secret police, the Tonton…
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.