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me. beatrice daleus is a vodou mambo, or priestess. she will act as my guide for the ceremony. >> first we'll call on the spirits and offer them a sacrifice. so the family is waiting for you. ♪ >> the first action in any vodou ceremony is the drawing of the veve. each veve corresponds to a particular lwa. they act as a kind of spiritual beacon, inviting the spirit to enter the lacou. >> this is the case for the spirit, make sure it participates. >> the hope is once the spirit finally descends, it will take hold of one of us, though no one really knows who in the room will be mounted.
>> now we're charging the veve. >> okay. once the veves are charged with offerings of alcohol, the gate to the spirit world can be unlocked and the call to the spirits can begin. [ chanting ] ♪ >> when we calling the drums, make sure that everybody is connected in vodou to call on the spirits of the ancestors. ♪ >> they're trying to summon the spirit of ogou as a very
beatrice daleus is a vodou mambo, or priestess. she will act as my guide for the ceremony. >> first we'll call on the spirits and offer them a sacrifice. so the family is waiting for you. ♪ >> the first action in any vodou ceremony is the drawing of the veve. each veve corresponds to a particular lwa. they act as a kind of spiritual beacon, inviting the spirit to enter the lacou. >> this is the case for the spirit, make sure it participates. >> the hope is once the spirit finally descends, it will take hold of one of us, though no one really knows who in the room will be mounted.
liberation from french colonial control. of course, that is now how vodouists here understand their religion. to get a different perspective on vodou, i'm meeting with a vodou priest. he's invited know tour his temple. >> i always say it's my temple to facilitate things, the temple doesn't belong to an individual. it's like a church. church doesn't belong to the catholic church, but it doesn't belong to priest. >> can you explain the pole in the center? >> yes, the center pole is the link between the world and the earth. because we believe that we are connected. >> and this is the center of every vodou temple? >> this is the center of everything. >> and these designs -- >> these are called veve.
vodouists here understand their religion. to get a different perspective on vodou, i'm meeting with jean-daniel lafontant. a voodoo priest, or ougon. he's invited me to tour his temple or lacou. >> a temple doesn't ng to an individual. it's like a church. the church belongs to the catholic church, but it doesn't belong to the priests. >> right. can you explain this pole in the center? >> yes. the center pole is the link between the celestial world and the earth. because we believe that we are connected. >> and this is the center of every vodou temple? >> this is the center of everything. >> and these designs? >> these are called veve. each veve represent a spirit. what it is, it's a canal for the spirit to come in. >> jean daniel's has specific
>> now we're charging the veve. >> once the veves are charged with offerings of alcohol, the gate to the spirit would can be unlocked and the call to the spirits can begin. >> when we're calling the drums, it's to make sure that everybody that is connected with the vodou need to follow the spirits o the ancestors. ♪ ♪ >> they're trying to summon the spirit of ogo, a very powerful loa. loa of metal and war, then will present the sacrifices.
>> now we're charging the veve. >> okay. once the veves are charged with offerings of alcohol, the gate to the spirit world can be unlocked and the call to the spirits can begin. [ chanting ] ♪ >> when we calling the drums, make sure that everybody is connected in vodou to call on the spirits of the ancestors. ♪ >> they're trying to summon the spirit of ogou as a very powerful lwa, lwa of metal and war. then we'll present the sacrifices.
she will act as my guide throughout the ceremony. >> first we're going to call on the spirits so we can offer them the sacrifice. it will be sacrificed. the family is waiting for you. ♪ ♪ >> the first action in any vodou ceremony is the drawing of the veve. each veve corresponds to a particular loa. they act as a kind of spiritual beacon, inviting the spirit to enter the lacu. >> this is opening the case for the spirit. to make sure that they participate. >> the hope is once a spirit finally descends, it'll take hold of one of us, though no one in the room will be mounted.
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