Question

Description acceptable. These people use blue and red ribbons to tie others to trees at a site where a missionary died after cutting down a tree connected to a Marian apparition. These people distribute objects called pakèt kongo. (15[1])These people are expected to behave like Loco or Ayizan depending on their gender. A sacred rattle called an (15[1])ason (15[2])is owned by some of these people. These people oversee kanzo ceremonies, (15[1]-5[1])in which others grab (*) cornmeal (10[1])from a boiling pot and are gifted a (10[1])necklace called a kolye. These people (-5[1])create (-5[1])sacred symbols called veves (10[2])to (10[1])decorate (10[1]-5[1])temples (10[1]-5[1])called ounfòs, (10[1])where (10[1])they offer sacrifices such as goats. During Fèt Gede, (10[1]-5[1])these people oversee rituals in which participants rub (10[1])themselves with rum and chili peppers while possessed by a lwa (10[7])(“low-uh”). For 10 points, (10[8])name these religious figures (-5[2])who lead ceremonies that worship Baron Samedi and Papa Legba in Haiti. (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Vodou priests [accept descriptions such as a priest in Vodou; accept houngans or oungans; accept mambos or manbos; prompt on Vodou practitioners or equivalents; prompt on priests by asking “of what faith?”; prompt on Haitians; reject “Vodun”] (The lead-in is the Saut-d’Eau.)
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