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Midzinginyo iyo i kwama maga ane ra tea u a tevhela u itela thavhanyiso ya u fhatwa ha vhutshilo ha khwine ha vhothe na u fhata lushaka lwa vhathu.
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Voudoun culture knows Ezili as a loa (here, "lwa") or goddess drawn from a blend of African and Caribbean traditions.
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The candles bear the images of Vodou spirits such as Ezili Danto, the mother "lwa," or spirit mother, who is the protector and defender of children.
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To serve is to enter into a symbiotic relationship with the lwa in which demands can be made that will be reciprocated with promises.
Gina Athena Ulysse: Haiti's Vodou: A World Of Wonder And Surrender Gina Athena Ulysse 2012
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To serve is to enter into a symbiotic relationship with the lwa in which demands can be made that will be reciprocated with promises.
Gina Athena Ulysse: Haiti's Vodou: A World Of Wonder And Surrender Gina Athena Ulysse 2012
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What I am interested in doing here is to re-center such important moments in Black History as Black "Herstory," for we should not ignore the role of this female mambo; legend has it that she was possessed by the lwa Ogoun, god of war as she sacrificed a black pig and ordered those at the ceremony to drink its blood.
The Woman Who Started the Haitian Revolution Anxious Black Woman 2008
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Mualuwa a songo shuma zwi? aratani kana u humbela vhudzulo, U tambudzwa lwa vhudzekani, U vhewa kha nyimele ine ya huvhadza mihumbulo yawe, u naledzwa na u vhaiswa muvhili wawe.
Speech by Josephine Tshivhase on the Older Persons Bill Debate 2006
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Na u zwi vhona uri u khou tambudzwa lwa ikonomi a sa zwi vhoni.
Speech by Josephine Tshivhase on the Older Persons Bill Debate 2006
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Ka nnete go ne go rotloetsa go bona boleng jwa seabe sa baemedi malebana le dipuisano gore lona, bakaulengwe, lo ne ka nnete lwa sekaseka ditokomane tsa dipuisano.
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Go tlaleletsa, go ne ga bonagala sentle mo go nna gore ka nako, lo ne lwa tsaya matsapa go tlhaloganya matswakabele a dintlha tsa lenanetema la NGC, le maemo a mo nageng ya rona a re neng ra a sekaseka.
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