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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. These people are expected to behave like Loco or Ayizan depending on their gender. A sacred rattle called an ason (15[2])is owned by some of these people. These people oversee kanzo ceremonies, in which others grab (*) cornmeal (10[1])from a boiling pot and are gifted a necklace called a kolye. These people create sacred symbols called veves (10[1])to decorate temples called ounfòs, where (10[1])they offer sacrifices such as goats. During Fèt Gede, these people oversee rituals in which participants rub themselves with rum and chili peppers while possessed by a lwa (“low-uh”). For 10 points, name these religious figures who lead ceremonies that worship Baron Samedi and Papa Legba in Haiti. ■END■

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew WangIllinois APurdue A5715
Gideon KpurubuVanderbiltIllinois B5715
Robert CondronChicago ANotre Dame B7410
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame AChicago B9310
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaPurdue B9910