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  2. Hoodoo (spirituality) - Wikipedia

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    Rootworkers control spirits through Hoodoo rituals by capturing spirits using the spiritual tools used in Hoodoo. The difference between Afro-Christianity and European American Christianity is that spirits can be controlled by using the herbal ingredients in nature because herbs and nature have a spirit, and if the spirits of nature and the ...

  3. Hoodoo (geology) - Wikipedia

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    A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements. They generally form within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations.

  4. Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia

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    Haitian Vodou [a] (/ ˈ v oʊ d uː /) is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries. It arose through a process of syncretism between several traditional religions of West and Central Africa and Roman Catholicism. There is no central authority in control of the religion and much diversity exists ...

  5. Voodoo - Wikipedia

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    Hoodoo (spirituality), sometimes called Gullah Voodoo or Lowcountry Voodoo Louisiana Voodoo , or New Orleans Voodoo, a set of African-based spiritual folkways Trinidadian Vodunu , a syncretic religion practiced in Trinidad and Tobago

  6. Christianity and Vodou - Wikipedia

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    These people see no contradiction between the two faiths and, in fact, view it as enriching their own faith, such people refer to themselves as good Christians. [7] The Christian population of Haiti often uses Vodou as a scapegoat for Haiti's problems including the devastating 2010 earthquake and the poor economic state of Haiti today. [8]

  7. Manbo (Vodou) - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to popular belief, Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo are not the same—these African diaspora religions have their own history and identity. From its beginning, female practitioners played a dominant role in New Orleans Voodoo. Approximately eighty percent of Voodoo leaders were said to be women during Laveau's time. [12]

  8. Oungan - Wikipedia

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    Oungan (also written as houngan) is the term for a male priest in Haitian Vodou (a female priest is known as a mambo). [1] The term is derived from Gbe languages (Fon, Ewe, Adja, Phla, Gen, Maxi and Gun).

  9. Mojo (African-American culture) - Wikipedia

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    One mojo created the same can not work for everyone. By the twentieth century, Hoodoo was culturally appropriated by outsiders to African-American culture to make a profit. Spiritual shops began to sell the same mojo for everyone. In traditional Hoodoo, certain songs, prayers, symbols, and ingredients are used to conjure or manifest results.