Packet 6: Bonus 11
A common cliché compares women to a painted central concrete or palmwood post in these places called a potomitan. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these places where songs and dances are performed in the peristil room. Soukri and Badjo are two of three of these places called lakou which host annual festivals.
ANSWER: vodou temples [or Ounfo or Hounfour or Oufo or Hounfor or Oum’phor or Houmfort; accept gangan; accept voodoo temples or vodoun temples; prompt on temples]
[10e] The potomitan functions as an axis mundi allowing communication with these beings, who are summoned through song to spiritually possess practitioners of Haitian Vodou rituals.
ANSWER: lwa [or loa]
[10m] Spirits contacted through pillars are called vodun, not the Yoruba word orixa (“oh-RIH-shah”), in Candomblé’s Jeje nation under this African ethnic group’s influence. This people’s snake spirits Damballa and Aido-Hwedo often decorate potomitans.
ANSWER: Fon people [accept Dahomeyan; accept Gbe]
<LR, Beliefs> | NAFTA-Packet-6
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 10.79 | 87% | 13% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contessa Dora | Mike and Psmith | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| JHU | UNC Charity | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland F♯ A♯ ∞ | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Munir Siddiqui Fan Club | https://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rosslyn Academic Team | Catholic University A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 33% | 17% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 0% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |