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Spirits Among Them |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Spirits Among Them |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/2003 |
| Size: 450 Words, 2,609 Characters |
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The cool water glides across our bodies and instills new life after a few hot hours on the taro plantations. Here, the creek, from which the villagers fetch their water, forms a small dam with waist-high water. The murmur of the water fills our ears. Above us t...
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... and no trees to cut down. There are only fragrant smells, plenty of food, and everlasting feasts and dances.
Other spirits control things such as the weather. Special men, the so-called loas, keep in contact with these spirits. Loas carry out the rites with which these armats are associated. Particularly important are the loas who lead the rites that control the taro and yam crops.
----A.R.
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