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/ˈləʊ̯ə/ · noun
In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings..
Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location.
Some will caution you at great length about the dangers of Vodou. They will tell you that the lwa are jealous, thin-skinned, and hot-tempered.
Equally surprising is to find St Patrick so prominent in many Vodou shrines, until one remembers that he too had been a slave who had twice crossed the sea, the second time to freedom, and that he had particular power over snakes, like the loa (Haitian equivalent of orisha) Dambala Wèdo.
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Loa means In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings..
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Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location.
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