Question
A cosmogram of these people depicting the four moments of the sun is bisected by the Kalunga line, separating earthly and ancestral planes. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this African people, whose cosmogram has also been likened to a cross. These people also created figurines that housed spirits, known as nkisi, which could have nails driven into them to invoke their power.
ANSWER: Kongo [or Bakongo; accept the Bakongo cosmogram]
[10m] A cross is closely associated with the iconography of this loa from Haitian Vodou, who is married to Maman Brigitte and heads the raucous Gede family of loa with power over death.
ANSWER: Baron Samedi [or Baron Samdi; or Bawon Samedi; or Bawon Sanmdi]
[10e] Trinidadian temples to Shango, an orisha also worshiped in this syncretic Cuban religion, house crucifixes along with symbolic axes. The Supreme Court affirmed the right of practitioners of this religion to sacrifice animals.
ANSWER: Santeria [Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí]
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