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'The heightening of the
physical and mental powers of
man seems to be the true aim
of ail voodoo ceremonies; here
lit ' the meaning, the social
' function and the value of voo
doo. The symbolic actions, the
libations, invocations, animal
sacrifices, fire-baths and so on,
in which the possessed take
park In a completely conscious
state, as weO as the states of
possession themselves, all serve
only to increase the physical
and mental powers of man.
In voodoo ceremonies
there are many gods ,that
"mounts" those possessed,
each with his own powers. This
paper wiD not attempt to be
tnoroucn m deicrtntion or
these gods or groups of gods
and will mention only the
most important ones.
The highest ruler of all
gods is Bon Dieu, the good
Lord. He is the creator of the
world, but so high above man
that he is not concerned with
him. He Is so far away that he
only laughs at the suffering
of men. However, one does not
pray to Bon Dieu. Even in the
Christian church many wor
shippers prefer to pay to Jesus
or to the . virgin or the saints
instead of to God.
In the voodoo ceremony
the first god to be invoked is
Legbs He is the lord of roads
and streets, the protector of
crossroads and doors, the pro
tector of the herd. His wife is
Ayizan, the Goddess 'of the
market and the highest god
dess. Legba's symbol is the
cross, whose meaning is not in .
common with the Christian
cross. The vertical world-axis 1
is occupied by the gods and the
horizontal bar of the 'cross
signifies the earthly and
human world. Only at the
crossroad, where the human
and divine axis meet, does
contact with the divinities take
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Tmballah is the god of
fertility. He lives in springs
and swamps. His sign U the
snake, and whoever is rjdden
by him hisses like a snake,
creeps about on the ground
m snake4ike curves, climbs up
the rafters, and hangs, head .
downward, from the beams of,
the roof. His wife is Ayida
Oueddo, the goddess of the
rainbow.
Agwe', 'the rolling one,"
is the ruler of the seas. Fish,
boats, and oars are his synv
bols. His color is blue. The
person possessed by him sits
on a chair and pretends to
be rowing.
Zaka is the god of
agriculture and a peasant.
He is avaricious, suspicious,
a lover of litigation, greedy for
oroflt. and dislikei dtv oaonle.
The person who embodies him
is always afraiJ someone will
rob him. Baskets are his
symbols.
Ogun, the Yoruba divinity
of iron and fire, who has seven
forms in Africa, has become in
Haiti a whole group of goods
(loss). They symbolize black
smiths and war. Whoever is
possessed ' by them behaves
very martially, shows his sabre,
chews thick cigars, swears and
demands rum.
Erzulie Freda - Dahomey
has often been compared with
Aphrodite. She belongs to the
group of sea gods, and has be
come the embodiment of
feminine beauty and grace. She
Is coquettish, sensual, loving
adornment and amusement, ex
'tremely extravagant. If a
psati pr,wtoftfcr jfort
or woman, appears in a silk
robe, his or her fingers laden
with Jewelry, and perfumed
from head to foot, then the
therapist knows that Lady
Erzulie is there.
The loss of the Guede
group are gods of death: gro
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The E. C. Toiand & Co'.
Inc., has announced plans to
extend its Le Tolanol hair
products market.
The announcement was
mie recenUy OT Ul
ta.
. ' . . . .
, Co e, who Is sales manager
?, ?1 Angeles and
Atlanta based corporation, said
W. b nationwide promo-
ttonal campaign, is planned for
"P--V;-:.-V
"For some . time now, our
products have received enthus-
siastic endorsements from our
current retail and wholesale
markets," informed Cole,
"Quite naturally, with such
endorsement, we" are encourag-
ed to break ground in new
areas," he said,
Cole said though the cor-
poration has marketed its pro-
ducts in all regions of the
country, it now plans to cover
more cities and towns within
each region,
Television, radio, newspaper
and magazine advertisements,
ss well as in-store demonstra
tions snd counter displays are
planned for the campaign.
tesque, absurd figures mostely,
and very obscene. On his black
altar standi i black wooden
cross ornamented with silver. It
is the same one that symbolizes
life; it is at the same time the
Cosmic graveyard, into which
those who have died enter and
sink into the depths of the
waters to rise, again as gods.
Each cermony closes with the
salutation to the sod of the.
dead uueae. ine person wnom
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and does not move.
Voodoo treats the invisi-
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used.
and the supernatural as
a disease to be turned to good
account. To do so the priest
must know as much about
black as about white magic,
and? keep both in the context
nf the relitdon
lit view of African philo
sophy, the gods an force, and
in ' "possession" man takes
these forces into himslef, in
tensified his own ' nature, and -
Intensifies the;, force which he
himself Is. He'experiences him -
'self as universal' force, streng-
thpn. w,' hPins hu vital force
tfirot'"''!- crnrr, "iciition with
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m.'jiiVi'bltli thew'Dresident. titled . president
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; force, m f wHf-. -
4 Bon Dieu IS. in name the
' Christian "Good Lord" who is
, close to men and donems him
self about the destiny of in
dividuals, Voodoo Is not Chris-
tonized' , through this ldentlfi-
cation; put. wnnstianny is voo
' doolzed;' assimilated to the residual-African
religion,
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NEW NAME Dick Gregory helps rename a St. Louis
street Dick Gregory Place and the black comedian and
activist said, "I've got 10 kids. It's the first thing
named after me that doesn't eat." Gregory, who has
fasted, jogged and been jailed on behalf of civil rights
said "Who knew that one day the President of the
United States would get In trouble because he es
poused human rights." Gregory is a native St, Louisian
who lived on Wagner Place which was renamed for
him. (UPI).
AGGIES CITE DUDLEY FOR
THIRTY YEARS OF SERVICE
The Durham Chapter of
the A&T State University
Alumni Association held its
annual A&T Awards Banquet
ADrji o
at Durham College.5
Albert Smith, , Vice
. , rw
Chancellor . for Development
and University Relations at
A&T State University, was
the keynote speaker. He cited
tne Keynote speaKer, ne cixea
1 t. ,,TOm that ufli
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enhance the progress of the
university.
Recognition
was given in
the following
categories:
Community Service - Lemuel
Harrison , Carl D. Hodges, and
Ervin 1 L' Kearney; Service to
Local Chapter - George A.
Scott, Susan Norman, Ralph
Hester, Teresa Phillip and
Patricia Hayes. . . .. V
special , rawajas:. yw
. recognition w weTe ; giverf- t o
Samuel L. Dudlejr for 'over
thlrtv vears of dedicated aer-
vice. '
Ratnh Hftnturnast chanter
. .
Susan Norman tor her , ver
satility and uniqueness in
striving to develop lasting
leadership among other
chapter members. A case in,
point to be remembered by
ail; according to Hester, is that
. Ms. Norman is the. first female
to serve the chapter a? presi-"
dent in its sixty year history.
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UHC Sponsoring
Certification
Procraa
The University of
rar0Una is sponsoring a program
r. ...lu
iiwiuuiB "
sorrie 'field of education cart
use this as a ease ror oouirung
either a principal's certificate or
a supervisor's certificate. The
h -rnflved in
consideration for admission to
the program is: ;;
Write a letter to Lester
Ball. Administration and
Supervisor Program, School of
Education, Peabody Hall, UNL-
Chapel Hill, N.C., 27514. Thr' - Jack ' Heyman, President
letter should indicate that you 0f Merit, received hundreds of
deare to nave your uanscnpi
evaluated in terms of Obtainmg
a principal's certificate andor
supervisor's certificate.
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Enclose a copy of, the
master's ; level' transcript (not
undercraduate) or transcripts.,
Upon receipt of the letter
and transcript, an evaluation will
be conducted, ; indicating thl
courses and requirements that
would . need to be met for
recommendation for certifica-
tion In one or both programs.
IS
' , When you park
, Steiwart's desk; he takes a back
4. seat and listens,
ft:) You tell him how much you.
I ;;wnt to borrow And when you . . ;
; ' heed your money:.
1 Jeff will then explain how
; 1 ' Guaranty. State Bank's auto loan
I rates'can lower your monthly . : ,
payments.
You'll probably get your loan
j approved faster than you
thought, too. .
. Jeff Stewart is
people,
As soon as he
tion, the wheels
The Triangle - Friends of
itu..,i r? ur 1 ...211
uic unncu rami mji&cis wiu .
be selling farm worker salad at
Chapel Hill's f annual Apple
Chill Fair, Sunday April 17.
Visitors to the; UFW
support group may also pick
up current information about
?. the r progress of the - United
a sins tt wiivvis auu uiv uutivu
. wide consumer boycott of non-
iifw iVoKoro ipttiir '.. taWa '
' grapes and GaHo wmes. UFW -Schroederat48?-5.
Eosters, - bumper-stickers, , To celebrate VtNatfol; ;
. uttons, and tee shirts will be Farm Workers Week, May, lf V
on sale. the Triangle Friend o;f - unto r
"We are excited about United Farm Workers trft en-v - SrES
participating in the fair.and listing support for-the. W-TS W.'
' are planning ' some '-special' from churchei and reUgibus study, the needjr offarm
treats
for the ' farm worKers
booth,"
say, Joan Preiss, chair-
person ot the group, " since
this is our Spring Fund , Rais
ing event, we urge everyone to
come to the fair and support
the farm workers." .
The fair, featuring crafts,
and displays
organizations
by community
will be open
The closing of several
Redemption Centers has left
many people with trading
stamps that cannot be redeem
,ed locally. , .
p Their question Tlhese-'
stamps are worth money, but,
how can I get the value out of
them?" , .
. One answer is to swap
the stamps for stamps issued
hv Another firm that still
maintains a local Redemption
Center. And there is a trading
. stamp firm in Miami, Fla -North
Mri TnAina JJtamo Exchanee
jr , which is
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ucensea to
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; nucu tus Humus v.
Valuc Redemption Center in s
Ceirtral Florida lett "people,;
with thousands of unredeemed1
Trading stamps, TODAY
' iur iH
Merit operation and
advised their readers that they
exchange the stamps by
mail after first writing and
getting full details from the
Miami firm
fetters, and gave personal
attention to each one.
"People seemed so happy
to find there was such a thing
. a stamp exchanee. he
said. ".But many made the
mistake of sending us their
stamps with no instructions. It
jg important that they write
first so we can tell them what !
services we offer and what the
charges will be. The service is
free but a stamped, self-,
addressed envelope must be
yourself at Jeff
s
one of our'top ,
gets your applied
start turning.
Tiding SffQys Airo
DbDra: Mo;
; SoS Pond; LiaoDDna :
'from one until 5:30 on Frank-
cii . L ' r. If nil
un oi. r uui iiwiuwii "
cancels the fair, the Triangle
Friends will move to the New-,
man Center on Pittsboro St..;
fbthind tie Carolina A Inn)
between 1:30. and 4:30 pjn.
. -All proceeds from the .
booth -will- go - the United-
cr 'u;rtrVr mirn x Anvone,
i ami ji ui nvia-ytYi Mv jm '
who can help prepare or stafff
thm Knth v dimilH call Carol
sroups f throughout ; tne , in-
ingle area, -
"At least 5U cnurcnes in
the area wW: be contacted,"
Joan Priess said. v
-n.. ,Tat.vn t au
tributing pamphlets to church
members which explain the
"brutal living conditions oi
migrant and seasonal farm
enclosed."
Hey man said that each w
auest must be handled ; Indi
vidually because books have
different numbers
arid the market
of pages
va J
stamps fluctuates.
Usually when books
are exchanged, the number of
stamps received is less than
the numoer ongmauy neiu.jmu
TIU9 CQVPIS IUUM vl uut wiioiva.
In some cases, there is a $1 ser
vice charge, especially in cases
where less than a full book of
stamps is traded." ' ; .
He stressed that his firm
does not handle postage stamps
the trading
stamps erven witn purcnasps 01
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for Mswerir questipM anq in
vltes inauiries from anyone
who wants ;anyS" kmi .of v
information ' about trading
stamps.
Fofosf ry Incontivos For
Iporify land Ounors
The future supply and
cost to you - of paper, furni
ture, homes and other wood
'
prod
ucts will be reflected, in
part, on the success of a two
phased program - personal
contacts and . use of news
media - in increasing wood
production by minority
owners of forest land..
About 60 per cent of the
nation's forestlands are owned
by individuals - including a
large number- of black and
other minority members,
according to. the y. S. Depart-
merit of Aericultiire's Forest
. Service. Fifera'sitia.te forestry ' "The trip, was arrange4 by.J.ones
. incentives progs afe offered .represehtaUves from the
'.. to private owpers, bf fore stland . Alabama Forestry Commission
'' ' ro''eh'courage.'theinv'to ipiooaeii'':' j," ' ; " ''''"
" more timber: Future shortages ' Jt team reviewed forest
are anticipated unless; these ?wn by four black fami
owners product ' more,- wood. "f8 durin8 the 1 two day visit.
However, many owners- ana ' : ate preparation for forestation
especially persons'ftornmmor--. . and.tree Pjtln8 were carried
ity groups, may not be aware .-. out . 5V of ,land
of the incentives .programs; ,RwnedL bX Mes. More
available to them. These pro-';. )han the cost of these
grams pay part of the cost of Forestatioh programs is borne
planting frees1 and improving by -Federal' and State agencies.,
forestland ' owned; v by. . Before the Minority Contactor
small landowners, - i 5 project ; was Implemented in
In an effort , to increase'
public awareness of these in
' centtve programs, a' 14 month
Minority Contactor pilot pro
ject was conducted under a
$25 poo cooperative agreement
between the Forest Service's
Southeastern Area of State and
' Private Forestry; and the Ala
'bama Forestry Cornmission..
The pilot project, .coordinated
by Otis ; Jones of the Area
office m-AtlaAtaiind Bruce
. ( Johnson, a county, forester in, .-Team participants includ
- -.Atobajha,' faulted ;vljiv';.difect ed representatives of the
. approximately 21Q imhority
- landowners in Bullock, Elmore
. and Macon Counties; Alabama.
- Mass media was used 14 times
in . the form t of newspaper.
, articles, radio ahrioiincerhents,
and television programs.
A team ! of Washington
Office personnel and other
n '
workers and ask them to help
the United Farm Workers un
prove tnese communis oy ooy-.
cotting products of growers
who refuse to sign contracts
with their field workers. , ;
' " . Numerous Protestant,
Catholic, and Jewish groups
across the r country have
n Mimd their support to uesar
r O - . . f "
Chavez and the Umted rarm
WrtrlcBrs. including the Nortfi .
wwii, "v:;"--' " .
J??.Z
sucitKut, M
reseated 'wUm;
Farm Workers. We call upon
them 'also to seek ways where-
oymey may ww
assisiance u .;,;f".
."",, .
iustice and human dignity
The Merit Trading Stamp
Exchange pioneered in the
business of exchanging the
trading stamps,, as well as
buying and selling.
The firm started in
1961, and is. licensed by
Hade Countv to operate at
3 S. W. 8w St
335
During the past 15 years,
Heyman has exchanged tens
of thousands of trading stamps
many by mail from distant
states.
With so ; inany trading
stamp companies consoHdating
or closing Redemption Centers,
. Merit I
people
r
News media must be
? raised for supplying this in
ormation . to subsbers as
part; of their cpnsi
information program. i
owned land in the three
county area. These practices
were site , preparation;; tree
planting and timber stand Im
provement. Each, landowner
applied for and received cost
snare assistance to carry out
these approved, practices. Each
landowner learned about the
incentive program through the
Minority Contactor project,
and the Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Service.
They reviewed the results of
forestry practices that had
been carried out on minority
Federal and state agency repre
sentatives assessed the
effectiveness of the pilot pro
ject in a visit to Bullock,
Elmbre! and . Macon Counties,
this area, few blacks
aware of this kind of forestry
assistance.
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. - . As an indication of the.
importance attached to such,
programs in the minority
community, the Mayor of
Tt 1 1 ...
lusKeeee, jonnnv roro .
addressed the review team at
a dinner and program on the
first evening of their
arrival.
Opportunity. Office of Civil-
Rights, the USDA Personnel
Office's ' Equal . Employment
.Opportunity Staff, the
Agricultural Stabilization and
r Conservation Service, Coopera-
thre Forestry, Soil Conserva
tion Service, Extension Ser
vice and the Alabama Forestry
Commission. . .
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The little bank on the corner.
Main&Maiiet RoKboro&Maiynard. Member FWC
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