guyanese folklore

7/21/2019 Guyanese Folklore

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THE SUPERNATURAL WORLD

he +upernatural World has a huge part to play inthe traditional beliefs of our culture. here are manysupernatural- folklore characters in this world. uttoday we are focussing mainly on these in /uyana.

0any beliefs of these pertaining to the e1istence ofthem usually come from 2igeria or from stories frommany people from the old generations.

he 3umbee is a /uyanese (reolese name given to a

host of spirits and demons of /uyanese folklore.3umbee is actually the generic name given to allmalevolent entities.


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BACOO

erived from a 2igerian Coruba entity called Dbiku. heDbiku is the spirit of a baby that has died before beingnamed. Esually represented by small wooden statuesin Coruba homes.

escription6 spirit of small stature that pelts stones athouses and moves objects within a house. /uyanesebacoos are short men with large eyes, long arms andlegs, and most conspicuously an absence of kneecaps.

ives on banana and milk. rapped in a corked bottleunless released. When satisGed a bacoo usuallyanswers the wishes of its owner. egend could havecome from +uriname.


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BACOO(CHARACTERISTICS

!. In conclusion to my research on the bacoo I caninfer many characteristics. o make mydemonstration much clearer, I have created a list ofwords to describe it. hese include6

0anipulative

Feared

)eculiar

(an behave in an unscrupulous manner +atisGed and temporarily contented

While demandingH is also agressive.


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MOON GAZER

Dppears to be a tall muscular man or Ggure inlegend. It stands with its legs on either side of theroad, hands on hips habitually ga


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MOON GAZER(CHARACTERISTICS

o make my presentation much more interesting, Ihave decided to add a decription to thischaracterthe moon ga


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OLE HIGUE

ecription6 .

8f utch and Dfro'/uyanese heritage. Dlso of feminine gender.*nown as Fire Jass or Dngeli. /uyanese eKuivalent ofa vampire, who sucks the blood of her unsuspecting victims asthey sleep. :er favourite victims are young children.

he 8le':igueLs distinguishing feature is the fact that duringthe day she lives among other /uyanese as a somewhatintroverted and Kuiet old ladyH she possibly lives at the edge ofyour village.

Dt night this seemingly harmless old woman removes her skin,places it gently in a calabash, and travels across the sky as aball of Gre heading to the home of her intended victim. o enterthe home she shrinks herself and enters through the keyhole.


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!. Dgainst the ole9higue 6 to turn the key while she is trying to get through the keyhole.

0any /uyanese lock their doors and then turn their key to ahori


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CONCLUSION

In (onclusion to my research, I would like to say thiswas a fun and beneGcial project for me6

!. I got a chance to e1pand my knowledge on/uyanese folklore

7. It helped me to be informed about how dangerousthey are.

;. It helped me in some aspect of the understanding ofa poem that I studied.

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