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==Voodoo Priestess== | ==Voodoo Priestess== | ||
[[File:Marie Laveau Article.png|350px|thumb|1873 article about Marie Laveau in the ''The Daily State Journal'']] | |||
Marie Laveau was a dedicated practitioner of [[Voodoo]], as well as a healer and herbalist. "Laveau was said to have traveled the streets like she owned them" said one New Orleans boy who attended an event at St. John's. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II displayed more theatrical rubrics by holding public events (including inviting attendees to St. John's Eve rituals on Bayou St. John). It is not known which had done more to establish the voodoo queen reputation, and she and her daughter are often regarded as a single entity. | Marie Laveau was a dedicated practitioner of [[Voodoo]], as well as a healer and herbalist. "Laveau was said to have traveled the streets like she owned them" said one New Orleans boy who attended an event at St. John's. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II displayed more theatrical rubrics by holding public events (including inviting attendees to St. John's Eve rituals on Bayou St. John). It is not known which had done more to establish the voodoo queen reputation, and she and her daughter are often regarded as a single entity. | ||
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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
[[File:Marie Laveau Grave.jpg|400px|thumb|Marie Laveau's crypt in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1.]] | |||
Laveau's name and her history have been surrounded by legend and lore. She is generally believed to have been buried in plot 347, the Glapion family crypt in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, but this has been disputed by Robert Tallant, a journalist who used her as a character in historical novels. Tourists continue to visit and some draw X marks in accordance with a decades-old tradition that if people wanted Laveau to grant them a wish, they had to draw an X on the tomb, turn around three times, knock on the tomb, yell out their wish, and if it was granted, come back, circle their X, and leave Laveau an offering. | Laveau's name and her history have been surrounded by legend and lore. She is generally believed to have been buried in plot 347, the Glapion family crypt in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, but this has been disputed by Robert Tallant, a journalist who used her as a character in historical novels. Tourists continue to visit and some draw X marks in accordance with a decades-old tradition that if people wanted Laveau to grant them a wish, they had to draw an X on the tomb, turn around three times, knock on the tomb, yell out their wish, and if it was granted, come back, circle their X, and leave Laveau an offering. | ||
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As of March 1, 2015, there is no longer public access to St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. Entry with a tour guide is required because of continued vandalism and the destruction of tombs. This change was made by the Archdiocese of New Orleans to protect the tombs of the Laveau family as well as those of the many other dead interred there. | As of March 1, 2015, there is no longer public access to St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. Entry with a tour guide is required because of continued vandalism and the destruction of tombs. This change was made by the Archdiocese of New Orleans to protect the tombs of the Laveau family as well as those of the many other dead interred there. | ||
Although some references to Marie Laveau in popular culture refer to her as a "[[witch]]," she | Although some references to Marie Laveau in popular culture refer to her as a "[[witch]]," she is usually called a "Voudou Priestess," and or more frequently described as a "Voodoo queen." To practitioners of [[Voodoo|Louisiana Voodoo]], Marie Laveau has achieved a unique status as a [[saint|folk saint]]. | ||
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