Courtlander-Drum & the Hoe, 1960 Courtlander says "lé lé" is a nonsense form. Glossary CREOLE TERMS USED IN TEXT Abobo or ai bobo. A ritual singing phrase meaning "the end." Agida. A bowed drumsstick used on the middle-sized Arada drum. Ago. An exclamation in Vodoun songs signifying "I am here." Alfor cousin. A woven straw knapsack, from the Spanish alforja. Arrête. Protective magic Asson. The cult priest's ritual rattle with external strikers. Assot. A board used for striking as a percussion instrument. Assotor. the largest drum of the Arada rites. Badji. Altar. Badjican. Keeper of the altar. Baguette guinée. A grotesquely twisted drumstick. Baka. (1) A kind of evil demon. (2) Name of the larger Pétro drum. Baksor. Another name for the asson. Bamboche. A "good time" dance. Bamboché. To dance or have a good time. Banza. Formerly a stringed instrument resembling a banjo or a trough zither. The name is now used for a fiddle. Basse. A finger drum resembling our tambourine. Bassin. A pool, usually referring to a special pool sacred to a diety. Batonni. Stick dancer. Bébé. Baby, used to designate the smallest of the Vodoun drums. Bizango. A form of loup-garou seen in the form of a dog. Bocô, or bocor. A cult priest, one who works with magic as well as with the loa and the dead. Bois bourrique. A bamboo trumpet, also known as a vaccine. Bondieu. God. Bossale. Wild. A hounsi bossale is an "untamed" hounsi; a loa bossale, an "untamed" loa. Brulé zin or bouilllé zin. "Boiling pot," the name of a ritual in which the hounsi is elevated to the rank of kanzo. Bula. (1) The smallest drum of the Arada rites, also called bébé. [email protected] A verb meaning to play this drum. Bulatier. Drummer of the bula. Caco. A bandit, or a mercenary soldier who hires himself out to political adventurers. Sometimes known as a machete. Numerous revolutions were accomplished with armies of cacos. Caille. (1) House. (2) The Haitian version of the game known in West Africa by such names as wari or mungalla. Canarie. A clay water vessel. Canzo. The rank of hounsi whose loa have been "tamed" or controlled. Capla. Another name for the houngan.