La'aka
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La'aka is a powerful ancestress and the most widely propitiated of spirits in east Kwaio in Malaita island. She is seen as both a protective figure who exemplifies maternal virtues and the productive powers of women and as a warrior whose deeds rivalled those of the ancient Kwaio strongmen who, as ancestral spirits (adalo), are propitiated and confer power to the living.
[edit] Reference
- Roger M. Keesing. Kwaio Religion. New York: Columbia University Press, 1982.
