Bexley H.S. Vocal Ensemble -Wangol (Traditional Haitian/arr. Sten Kllman)

Cheye Williams, soprano and Aky Locke, tenor   Modern Haitians are descended from generations of intermarriage between a variety of West African nations, with some influence from the French and the Taino Indians. Similarly the Vodou religion has become an effective synthesis of Christianity and West African beliefs. Vodou is practiced mainly by poorer, rural Haitians as a way of creating a collective community between the extended family and the nature spirits that they believe respond to singing and danc