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French translation: prêtre vaudou

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English term or phrase:	root worker
French translation:	prêtre vaudou
Entered by:	kashew

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14:19 Jun 20, 2009

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Art/Literary - History / Haïti

English term or phrase: root worker

C'est le titre d'un tableau d'un peintre haïtien, qui a trait au vaudou.
Il s'agit certainement de quelqu'un qui est spécialiste du vaudou... quelqu'un a des connaissances dans ce domaine ?
Merci d'avance

Anne Girardeau KudoZ activity Questions: 186 (none open) (32 closed without grading) Answers: 276
Local time: 13:33

Prêtre vaudou

Explanation:
see hexing and root-work (N.Am voodoo variant)

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kashew
France
Local time: 13:33

Grading comment

Je marche pour "prêtresse", c'est effectivement une femme et d'après l'auteure du tableau, root worker englobe: healer, sorceress et prestess.

Prêtresse est le terme le + général. Merci
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Summary of answers provided

3 +2

sorcier

Auqui

Prêtre vaudou

kashew

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

47 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

sorcier

Explanation:
sorcier vaudou utilisant les racines des plantes

Reference: http://orderofsaintpatrick.org/warfare/lexicon.htm

Auqui
Local time: 13:33
Native speaker of:

French,

Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Et merci à vous, vous m'avez obligée à me poser de lourdes questions, et à solliciter l'auteur directement (ce qui ne fut pas chose facile)

55 mins confidence:

Prêtre vaudou

Explanation:
see hexing and root-work (N.Am voodoo variant)

kashew
France
Local time: 13:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 15

Grading comment

Je marche pour "prêtresse", c'est effectivement une femme et d'après l'auteure du tableau, root worker englobe: healer, sorceress et prestess.

Prêtresse est le terme le + général. Merci

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Jul 10, 2009 - Changes made by kashew:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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