St. Lucia
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A miniature man, roughly 2 feet tall, brought into being on Good Friday to do the evil bidding of his summoner. According to legend, the man must be constantly supplied with raw meat or he may turn on the summoner.
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Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua & Barbuda
kobie jackson
7 years ago

it is a unborn evil baby that was aborted

Guyana
Guyana
Mikey mouse
4 years ago

It is a jumbie

St. Vincent
St. Vincent
PoppyBaby
4 years ago

i remember reading Ti-Jean and his brothers and we refered to the fiende as a "bolom" meaning the spirit of an unborn or aborted child

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Mayaro born and bred
3 years ago

In Ti-Jean and his bothers, the Bolom is the troubled spirit of an unborn child or aborted fetus. Since this play is an allegory, the Bolom represents the generations of black West Indians who were born into slavery. They were oppressed by the colonial planters and were therefore denied the rights, privileges and opportunities of free men. They were denied the opportunity to have a real life

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
cheese
10 months ago

yall read that book too?

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XXX
7 months ago

The dictionary is CORRECT. All of you are describing a DWEN. A DWEN is a child who died before being christened.

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18 days ago

The way how I was taught a bolom was a small child sized demon that does the evil bidding for the devil , you can also summon one And a Ti bolom is an unborn or aborted child