Oungan (also written as houngan) is the term for a male priest in Haitian Vodou (a female priest is known as a mambo). The term is derived from Gbe languages...

tradition, Vodouists commonly venerate the lwa at an ounfò (temple), run by an oungan (priest) or manbo (priestess). Alternatively, Vodou is also practised within...

A manbo (also written as mambo) is a priestess (as opposed to a oungan, a male priest) in the Haitian Vodou religion. Haitian Vodou's conceptions of priesthood...

He executes judgment on those who cannot keep their word, including any oungan or mambo who cannot keep the secrets of voodoo from the uninitiated. L'inglesou...

I, me, my, myself nimewo /nimewo/ French: numéro, lit. 'number' number oungan /ũɡã/ Fon: houngan vodou priest piman /pimã/ French: piment a very hot pepper...

Art" Born in Saint-Marc, Hyppolite was a third generation Vodou priest, or oungan. He also made shoes and painted houses before taking up fine art painting...

ritual within the religion, conducted both communally and in the home. An oungan (priest) or manbo (priestess) will also organize an annual feast for their...

(English: Alligator Wood) in the role of manbo, together with Dutty Boukman as oungan. Within the dense forests of Northern Haiti and in the middle of a thunderstorm...

Sintil, the local oungan (vodou priest), and run by zonbis. The zonbis, humans brought back to life from a death-like state by an oungan to work, are essentially...

Port-au-Prince, Mama Lola descended from multiple generations of manbos and oungans (Haitian Vodou priests). She took up the duties of a manbo herself when...

rattle wielded by the highest level of initiation manbo (priestesses) and oungan (priests) in Haitian Vodou ceremonies "Ason Jones", song by US rapper Raekwon...

tapestries. In the 1950s collectors started to buy drapo Vodou, and the oungan (priests) began to make them for sale as a source of income. The next generation...

skills to begin making his own art. At the age of thirteen, he became an oungan, or Vodou priest. He was also a part of the Bizango secret society, reaching...

she was visited by the spirits. When relating the dream to her father, an oungan (vodou priest), he interpreted the message to be from the vodou spirit or...

emigration to New York City in 1972, Augustin re-connected with childhood friend Oungan Emmanuel Cadet, who had established a Vodou society in the Bronx. In October...