1941-1945: (Lescot Inherits Anti-Vodou Initiatives and the Growing Enthusiasm for Folklore — Lescot Inheriting These Anti-Vodou Initiatives as Well as the Gr…

1941-1945: (Lescot Inherits Anti-Vodou Initiatives and the Growing Enthusiasm for Folklore — Lescot Inheriting These Anti-Vodou Initiatives as Well as the Growing Enthusiasm in Scientific and Philosophical Study of Haitian Folklore and Cultural Practices Like Vodou Dance Songs and Beliefs That Marie-Madeleine’s Father Jean Price-Mars Studied and Espoused — the Distinction Between Spiritual Practice and Public Performance Being Key): Lescot inherited these anti-Vodou initiatives as well as the growing enthusiasm in scientific and philosophical study of Haitian folklore and cultural practices like Vodou dance, songs, and beliefs that Marie-Madeleine’s father, Jean Price-Mars, studied and espoused. The distinction between spiritual practice and public performance was key — the state could simultaneously suppress Vodou as religion while promoting it as folklore, a contradiction that urban intellectuals navigated with varying degrees of discomfort.