Gris-gris (talisman)

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A gris-gris (, also spelled grigri, and sometimes also "gregory" or "gerregery") is a talisman that originated in the Muslim Mande communities of Far West Africa and is believed to protect the wearer from evil or bring luck. Due to Atlantic slavery, the use of the gris-gris was translocated to the Americas and became a significant practice in Louisiana Voodoo and Haitian Vodou. It is also used as a purported method of birth control in some countries. Similar to the Kongo-influenced mojo bag, the gris-gris consists of a small cloth pouch, usually inscribed with verses from an ancestor and a ritual number of small objects, worn on the person.

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