In Fon, the language spoken in Benin, vodun stands for an invisible and mysterious power. Many Haitians believe in the existence of a world of voodoo spirits that serves as a model for our real society. These spirits, the Lwa, form a bridge between the past and present, the dead and living, and mankind and the supernatural. They have names such as Papa Legba, Baron Samdi and Grande Brigitte, and derive from African ancestors who were brought to Haiti as slaves. The Haitian religious calendar is full of pilgrimages related to the Lwa, and the spirits are regularly summoned up to take possession of Haitians.

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