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Modern day Voodoo is usually associated with satanism and witchcraft. This is because of how voodoo is presented in media and pop culture. In pop culture, Voodoo is often portrayed as "black magic" and placing "hexes". Along with witchcraft, Vodou is commonly connected with harm and animal sacrifice, the main use for Vodou is healing.
In the peristil, brightly painted posts hold up the roof; [251] the central post is the poto mitan, [252] which is used as a pivot during ritual dances and the pillar through which the lwa enter the room during ceremonies. [251] It is around this central post that offerings, including both vèvè patterns and animal sacrifices, are made. [202]
The Rada derive their name from Arada, a city in the Dahomey kingdom of West Africa. [40] The Rada lwa are usually regarded as dous or doux , meaning that they are sweet-tempered. [ 41 ] The Petwo lwa are conversely seen as lwa chaud ( lwa cho ), indicating that they can be forceful or violent and are associated with fire; [ 41 ] they are ...
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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.
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Art historians disagree on the origins of Haitian Vodou arts. Suzanne Blier makes the case that they come from the coastal areas of Benin and Togo. Robert Farris Thompson makes a plausible connection with Central Africa based on similarities with nkisi figures from the Kongo, and cosmograms, flags, drums and dances from that region.