The Petwo (Haitian Creole: Petwo), also spelled Petro and alternatively known as dompete, are a family of lwa (loa) spirits in the religion of Haitian...

or shared symbols. The lwa are divided into different groups, known as nanchon (nations), the most notable of which are the Petwo and the Rada. According...

they contrast with the Petwo lwa, whom are deemed volatile and hot-tempered. The Rada are referred to as lwa rasin, meaning "root lwa." As they are often...

Roman Catholic saints. The lwa divide into different groups, the nanchon ("nations"), most notably the Rada and the Petwo, about whom various myths and...

this reason she is considered the national Lwa. Considered to be a fearless warrior in the Petro Nation (Petwo Nanchon in Haitian Creole), Dantor has been...

such as the Rada and the Petwo. Glassman's New Orleans temple for instance has separate altars to the Rada and Petwo lwa. Each of these is associated...

temples (ounfò) to respect and serve lwa (also written as loa) alongside the Grand Maître (grandmaster or creator). Lwa are like spirits, encompassing a collection...

origination of the rhythmic drum beating which became a big part of worship and lwa. Once they arrived in Haiti, the enslaved people were forbidden from practicing...

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having a number of children and two husbands, Simbi Makaya and Ti Jean Petwo, though she is said to prefer the company of women. There are, however,...

an offering. [...] [It] is harvested with the permission of Simbi, a Petwo Lwa who loves water, as bamboo in the Dominican Republic grows in moist land...

then sacrificed a black pig, in an invocation of the lwa. Garvey F. Lundy understood this to be a Petwo rite of Vodou, which was later used by Haitians that...

called Rites Congo or Lemba. In the south, the Congo influence is called Petwo (Petro). Many loa are of Congolese origin, such as Basimbi and Lemba. Polygyny...

including the veneration of lwa spirits who can be divided into various nanchon (nations), namely the Rada and the Petwo. The scholar of religion Jualynne...

but also was chosen in recognition of similarity between the saint and the lwa. Since then the saint and the spirit have become syncretized. Vodou art can...

invocation to the spirit, similar the Kongo influence called Petwo or Petro and many Loa or Lwa are of Kongo origin such as Basimba of Haiti who practice...

both the Rada and Petwo branches of the lwa spirits; the oricha, like the Rada, are even-tempered, while the Palo spirits, like the Petwo, are more chaotic...