Английская Википедия:Bizango
The Bizango are secret societies active in Haiti. Many of their practices are associated with Haitian Vodou.
They have been termed "one of the most important of the secret societies of Vodou".Шаблон:Sfn Bizango groups are widespread throughout Haiti,Шаблон:Sfn and play an important role as arbiters in peasant social life.Шаблон:Sfn
The anthropologist Wade Davis reported that the Bizango were involved in poisoning individuals and then providing them with an antidote to leave them in a pliant state, which he associated with zombification. In Davis' view, this was how the Bizango enforced their social codes against those who transgressed them.Шаблон:Sfn The Bizango's practice of capturing Шаблон:Lang is often taken as evidence of these societies' malevolent nature.Шаблон:Sfn
In Haitian folklore, a recurring fear is that the Bizango can transform themselves into dogs or other animals, in which form they walk the streets at night.Шаблон:Sfnm
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