Bwa Kayiman

E928800

Bwa Kayiman is the Haitian Creole name for the historic Vodou ceremony held in August 1791 near Le Cap, which helped spark the Haitian Revolution.

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Bwa Kayiman canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vodou ceremony ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious ceremony ⓘ
associatedRitual animal sacrifice ⓘ
blood oath ⓘ
associatedWithCity Cap‑Français ⓘ
linked to: Cap-Français
associatedWithEthnicGroups Fon people ⓘ
Kongo people ⓘ
commemoratedIn Haitian national history ⓘ
commemoratedOn anniversaries of the Haitian Revolution ⓘ
country Saint-Domingue ⓘ
date August 1791 ⓘ
documentedIn 19th‑century historical accounts ⓘ
Haitian oral tradition ⓘ
hasLegendaryFigure Cécile Fatiman ⓘ
Dutty Boukman ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Bois Caïman ⓘ
hasRoleIn initiation of slave uprising in northern Saint-Domingue ⓘ
outbreak of the Haitian Revolution ⓘ
hasTheme collective liberation ⓘ
religion and revolution ⓘ
resistance to oppression ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
location Northern plain of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
linked to: Cap-Haïtien plain

near Le Cap ⓘ
mainParticipants Vodou priests ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
maroons ⓘ
month August ⓘ
opposedTo French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
slavery in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
partOf Haitian Revolution ⓘ
presentDayCity Cap‑Haïtien ⓘ
linked to: Cap-Haïtien
presentDayCountry Haiti ⓘ
purpose planning of coordinated slave revolt ⓘ
spiritual consecration of rebellion ⓘ
relatedConcept Afro‑Caribbean religion ⓘ
Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Haitian independence ⓘ
relatedEvent Haitian Revolution ⓘ
slave uprisings of August 1791 ⓘ
religion Haitian Vodou ⓘ
significance foundational event in Haitian national memory ⓘ
key event in the history of slave resistance in the Americas ⓘ
symbolic beginning of the Haitian Revolution ⓘ
year 1791 ⓘ

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Bois Caïman → nameVariant → Bwa Kayiman ⓘ