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Tinyo Alawe, Chief of the Indio Division.

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Tinyo Alawe Quite and ever-present, the loa of Indio/Taino origin, Tinyo Alawe, expresses the values of the river the Taino people venerate so much. Tinyo Alwae rarely  speaks, and he never says in some lineages of Vodou. He communicates through intelligent hand gestures with deeply layered meaning. Tinyo Alawe speaks telepathically. Tinyo Alawe is an exceedingly elevated loa, on the same level as Belie Belcan. Like the relationship between Archangel Michael and Belie Belcan, Tinyo Alawe shares a similarly close working relationship with Archangel Raphael. Tinyo Alawe and Archangel Raphael are so intertwined in purpose. Archangel Raphael shares his image with Tinjo Alawe. Tinjo Alawe is from the Taino people. He is a loa who is not of African origin. Within Vodou's Dominican and Puerto Rican traditions, 1/3 of the loa are from the Taino, the Caribbean, and Arawak people. Tinjo Alawe heads that grand Indio Division of spirits and Loa, or Nation. A spiritual healer par-excellenc...