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The spelling Voodoo, once common, is now generally avoided by practitioners and scholars when referring to the Haitian religion. [62] This is both to avoid confusion with Louisiana Voodoo, a related but distinct tradition, [63] and to distinguish it from the negative connotations that the term Voodoo has in Western popular culture. [64]
West African Vodún, a religion practiced by Gbe-speaking ethnic groups; African diaspora religions, a list of related religions sometimes called Vodou/Voodoo . Candomblé Jejé, also known as Brazilian Vodum, one of the major branches (nations) of Candomblé
[1] [2] [3] Practitioners of Hoodoo are called rootworkers, conjure doctors, conjure men or conjure women, and root doctors. Regional synonyms for Hoodoo include rootwork and conjure. [4] As an autonomous spiritual system it has often been syncretized with beliefs from Islam brought over by enslaved West African Muslims, and Spiritualism.
The religion of Haitian Vodou (Spanish: Vudú Haitiano) has been present in Cuba since at least the 18th century.It was transmitted to the island by Haitian migrants, the numbers of whom grew rapidly in the early 20th century, and is primarily practised by their descendants.
Lwa, also called loa, are spirits in the African diasporic religion of Haitian Vodou and Dominican Vudú. They have also been incorporated into some revivalist forms of Louisiana Voodoo. [a] Many of the lwa derive their identities in part from deities venerated in the traditional religions of West Africa, especially those of the Fon and Yoruba.
Benin is home to thousands of sacred forests, which believers say are vital to a religion rooted in nature. They […] The post In Benin, Voodoo’s birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage ...
Damballa is said to be the sky father and the primordial creator of all life, or the first thing created by the Bondye.In those Vodou societies that view Damballa as the primordial creator, he created the cosmos by using his 7000 coils to form the stars and the planets in the heavens and to shape the hills and valleys on Earth.
Voodoo's ideology is to push away negative energy and hone in on positivity, and those who practice most often use the religion to bring "good luck, good fortune, money and prosperity," says Megan ...