Bwa Kayiman

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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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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