langaj

alternative langage

1. uncountablevoodooA sacred or incantatory language used in Haitian voodoo rituals.

   The langaj used for activation and the specific combinations required for a ceremony are initiatory secrets.

   2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 41

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   Though used only by initiates, some passages in langaj emphasize sounds in a fashion that appeals to the ears of the profane as well, even when no translation is accessible as in most of the following examples.

   2003, Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot, Vodou, A Sacred Theater, page 172

   He and his assistant, a bigger, stronger, younger man, are both singing, bent over the bowl, in langage, which is a mix of slavery-era African dialects combined with Creole; it's used only in voodoo ritual and is one of the world's few remaining wholly sacred languages.

   2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 196