﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Haitian Village: Forum Posts</title><link>http://www.haitianvillage.com/Forum/Topics.aspx</link><description>Forum Posts for Haitian Village</description><copyright>Copyright 2007 Haitian Village. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>The practice of the faith</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The principal belief in Haitian Vodou is that &lt;a class="mw-redirect" title="Deities" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deities"&gt;&lt;font color="#002bb8"&gt;deities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; called &lt;em&gt;Lwa&lt;/em&gt; (or Loa) are subordinates to a god called &lt;em&gt;&lt;a class="new" title="Bondy&amp;egrave; (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bondy%C3%A8&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1"&gt;&lt;font color="#ba0000"&gt;Bondy&amp;egrave;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, This supreme being does not intercede in human affairs, and it is to the Lwa that Vodou worship is directed.&amp;nbsp; Other characteristics of Vodou include &lt;a title="Veneration of the dead" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_the_dead"&gt;&lt;font color="#002bb8"&gt;veneration of the dead&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and protection against evil &lt;a title="Witchcraft" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft"&gt;&lt;font color="#002bb8"&gt;witchcraft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.haitianvillage.com/Forum/Thread.aspx?th=2</link></item><item><title>When do we start to rebuild the country?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;We need the collaboration of the international communities to settle on a date for reconstruction...March 2010 would be plausible!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.haitianvillage.com/Forum/Thread.aspx?th=1</link></item></channel></rss>