Fournier Anne auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Among the Sèmè, a little-known society in the Voltaic area, some men receive at home a couple of bush spirits through which they get access to divination. They form groups of followers of the spirits. The rite implemented borrows its fabric from marriage, a long process that extends over a woman's entire life. The follower 'marries' the bush spirits according to an original marriage arrangement without sexuality. Heis bound to these bush spirits by a prenatal promise, his symbolic parents, who guided his soul and formed his character. specialized BURKINA FASO 106 082 114 2 383-397 2019 0257-9774 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077694 10.5771/0257-9774-2019-2-383 0257-9774 [F B010077694] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077694 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2020-03-30/010077694.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-03-10 2025-11-04 fdi:010077694 fre