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This doesn't match the main articles. A bokor according to the main article is NOT a priest. This one says they are. It also contains ethnocentrism too. "Black Magic" is a Western term put on magic that one considers "not sanctioned." And thus is not a technical Anthropology term nor that of anything academic besides that of literature. It also implies that everything that the bokor does is evil, but this is clearly not the case if they are making charms. "A Bokor can be, by Judeo-Christian terms, good or evil, though some sources consider him an evil version of a houngan." Which is more ethnocentrism without counterbalance.

Bokors are featured in many Haitian tales and are often associated with the creation of zombis by the use of a deadening brew or potion usually containing poison extracted from puffer fish. This potion makes the drinker appear to be dead and thus he is often buried; later, the bokor will return for the "corpse" and force it to do his bidding, such as manual labor. The "corpse" is often given dissociative drugs, mainly datura <-- this section in the Zombie section was disputed and it has sources.

This article needs severe cleaning up...--Hitsuji Kinno (talk) 13:29, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Compared to the meandering nonsense that had existed before, without references to boot, this is quite good, thank you, ethnocentrism or not. You are welcome to add material to balance. Ingolfson (talk) 03:36, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hitsuji Kinno, if you're still around, what "main article(s)" were you referring to? One can guess, but that's not reliable. Please {{Ping}} me to discuss. --Thnidu (talk) 17:58, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Possible sources for potential overhaul

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I'm disappointed there wasn't more about the Bokor. I wasn't expecting as much as for Houngan, but this isn't even half. Ian.thomson (talk) 04:19, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Yerm Bokor is used on the song "Voodoo Man" usually song by the group The Jolly Rogers, though not sure it is their original work. 24.220.152.45 (talk) 17:24, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]