13085: Wilcken posts: Re: 13050: origin of song 'Fey' (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Lois E Wilcken <makandal-ny@juno.com>

I believe this is a traditional Vodou song, in Creole.  A friend confirms
this for me.  Also, Marie-Jose Alcide includes the song in her 1988
dissertation on Vodou and theater (well before the Boukman recording).
She claims she collected it in Haiti during a mare paket (a type of
ritual).

Lois

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