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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 is owned by some of these people. These people oversee kanzo ceremonies, in which others grab (*) cornmeal from a boiling pot and are gifted a necklace called a kolye. These people create (-5[1])sacred symbols called veves to decorate temples called ounfòs, where 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, (10[1])name these religious figures who lead ceremonies that worship Baron Samedi and Papa Legba in Haiti. ■END■ (10[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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cade ReinbergerRITCornell R89-5
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterCornell MATLAB13010
Raymond WangCornell RRIT14710