The Houngans or Mambos present may be dressed more richly, or in clothes more resembling African styles. Men seldom remove their shirts, unless it has grown quite late and everyone is more or less soaked in sweat from several hours of dancing. The exceptions are the drummers, who in many cases are professional musicians who are not members of the congregation. Drummers often play shirtless, because they are the first to ruin their clothes with perspiration, owing to their exertions playing the drums. Outside of religious activity, the magical work of Houngans and Mambos very often includes doing sex-related magic.
Clients often wish to attract a particular lover or to ensure the fidelity of a spouse.
For example, one very simple wanga involves filling a clay pot with certain particular food items and then wrapping it tightly with a cloth and then again with string, while invoking for influence over the desired person. The person working the magic rubs the clay pot, and then contrives to rub the head of the desired person, thereby making the person suceptible to the influence and control of the person working the magic. There are very effective herbal baths to attract love and sex, there are wanga for fertility and for fidelity, as well. Even the sex organs themselves may be utilized in minor ways to ensure the success of love wanga. All of these wanga are the property of the Houngan or Mambo who knows how to do them, and are performed for a fee.