American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World (105 page)

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Authors: Rod Davis

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Yoruban, 3-4
orisha
altars, 160, 179
city of the (Ife, Nigeria), 183
defined, 3
initiation ritual, 299-312
Oyotunji villagers dressed as, 192
pantheon, 32
personification of, 257
place of in voudou worship, 313
pots, 300, 306
sexuality of, 197
syncretization in Caribbean, 134
worship, 9, 11, 184, 195, 277

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