Throwing the Wanga

ID: 5841 ~ Source: Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection 1974.25.23.142. ~ Creator: C. S. Reinhart ~ Date: July 20, 1889

This file appears in: The Home: Marie Laveau’s House

Image of a woman “throwing wanga” or creating a charm in African tradition. The tradition of wanga is similar to the tradition of gris-gris in New Orleans Vodou, and probably have the same origin in Africa.

This file appears in: The Home: Marie Laveau’s House

The Home: Marie Laveau’s House

By August Darbonne & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor

Marie Laveau’s home once stood on the site of present-day 1020 and 1022 St. Ann Street. Marguerite Darcantel, Laveau’s mother, and Catherine Henry, Laveau’s grandmother, raised Marie Laveau at the property. Marie Laveau went on to raise her own…