Silver Wind
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 | Subject: Spirit Repositories  Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:01 pm | |
| Many kinds of objects are spirit-infused or act as spirit repositories: • Kongo packets, (paket kongo), used on Petwo altars and in healing ceremonies, are filled with leaves, herbs, earth and other ingredients. • Jars called govi, containing the spirit essence of deceased members of the Vodou family, are kept upon an altar. • Pots known as po tet ('head pots') are repositories for the nail and hair clippings of the initiates in a Vodou society. They too are kept on an altar and draped with the necklaces of the devotees. • Charms called wanga http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vodou/tools4.html | |
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