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Jean Petro
(DL) Jean Petro is a deformation of Don Pedro, the name of the Spanish slave. Jean Petro is the spirit-leader of a group of strong and violent spirits called petro. The difference between the good loa (rada) and the evil loa (petro) is still far and wide. Voodoo services are rarely held for petro loa; however, they still do occur but most services are for family and rada loa. Some say that Jean Petro was brought about by Don Pedro who was a Negro slave of Spanish origin. He acquired much influence by being denounced as the instigator of some alarming plots to overthrow the government. Because of this he symbolizes resistance, force, uprisings, and a sort of black power ideology.
(V.ENC) Online Voodoo Information Pages http://www.arcana.com/voodoo/encyclopedia updated 7/19/99
Sadly, the Voodoo Information
Pages seem to have gone offline.
(SV)
Secrets of Voodoo by Milo Rigaud, English language edition 1969, 1985
(DL) Descriptions
of Various Loa of Voodoo http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/voodoo
/biglist.htm printed 12/8/2001
Also with thanks to http://new-www.frankenhooker.com/denofiniquity/voodoo/