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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Haitian Creole [Term?], from Fon [Term?].
Noun[edit]
govi (plural govis or govi)
- A sacred urn or pitcher in Haitian voodoo, used to hold the spirit of an ancestor.
- 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 28:
- In due course of time, the parent in the govi becomes grandparent and the grandparent becomes ancestor.
- 1995, Mama Lola & Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 232:
- So these govi used to sit on your father's family altar, but now they are on yours?
- 2009, Ama Mazama, Encyclopedia of African Religion, volume 1, page 297:
- The importance and significance of the govi can hardly be overstressed because it enables as well as brings to light the Voduists' reverence for their ancestors, a ubiquitous and fundamental feature of African religion in general.
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