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20 Cards in this Set
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voodoo priests and priestsesses jobs
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voodoo, hairdresser, doctor
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voodoo priests and priestsesses social classes
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middle to high social class
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voodoo priests and priestsesses animal sacrifices
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chickens, sheep, pigs
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voodoo priests and priestsesses human sacrifices
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only on occasion
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voodoo's arrival - from where
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Haiti
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voodoo's arival - to where
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New Orleans
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voodoo's arrival - when
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1800s to 1900s
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Marie LaVeau's birth - siblings
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two sisters
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Marie LaVeau's birth - where
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New Orleans
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Marie LaVeau's birth - when
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1794
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Marie LaVeau's life - job
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voodoo priestess, hairdresser
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Marie LaVeau's life - family
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kids - 15 to 20, two named Marie LaVeau
husbands - Louis Clapion, Jacques Paris |
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Marie LaVeau's death - where
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New Orleans
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Marie LaVeau's death - when
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June 11, 1897
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Marie LaVeau's death - burial
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St. Louis Cemetary #1, with the famous "wishing tomb" in Cemetary #2
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Marie LaVeau's tomb today - the X's
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three X's + three spins + her name said three times = one wish
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Marie LaVeau's tomb today - the tributes
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some offer tributes to help get their wish
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Marie LaVeau's tomb today - the story
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there are two tombs, her tomb and the "wishing tomb" the wishing tomb has the X's on it.
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Marie LaVeau's tomb today - her story living on through museums
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there are countless Marie LaVeau Voodoo museums in New Orleans
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Marie LaVeau's tomb today - her story living on through relatives
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some of Marie LaVeau's ancestors, one who actually goes to De LaSalle, tell the stories of her great, and not so great, experiences.
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