Question
LGBT people known as masisi have historically found refuge in this tradition to the point of stereotype. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this tradition in which the vengeful Erzulie Dantor protects lesbians. One of this tradition’s psychopomps, Gede Nibo (“GEH-deh NEE-boh”), is often depicted in drag and is the child of its loa Maman Brigitte (“MAH-mohn bree-ZHEET”).
ANSWER: Haitian Vodou [or Voodoo, Vodun, Vodoun, or Vodoun] (“Masisi” typically refers to gay men but is also used as an umbrella term like “LGBT,” as in materials from Haiti’s LGBT advocacy group Kouraj.)
[10m] Many LGBT Brazilians invoke the protection of this tradition’s Pomba Gira (“POHM-bah ZHEE-rah”) spirits, like Mary of the Trash. It bears more relative influence from European Spiritism than a similarly named tradition or Candomblé (“kahn-DOHM-blay”).
ANSWER: Umbanda [reject “Quimbanda”]
[10h] LGBT followers of Santería often revere the orishas Inle and Yemaha due to homoerotic themes in one of these fables about them. Interpreting these intricate oral parables serves as a form of divination in Ifá and Santería.
ANSWER: patakís
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 10 | 13.00 | 90% | 30% | 10% |
Data
| Johns Hopkins | Brown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago A | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Florida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Berkeley A | Iowa State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell A | North Carolina A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois | Northwestern | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL A | Minnesota A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue | Waterloo | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |