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The spelling Voodoo, once common, is now generally avoided by practitioners and scholars when referring to the Haitian religion. [63] This is both to avoid confusion with Louisiana Voodoo, a related but distinct tradition, [64] and to distinguish it from the negative connotations that the term Voodoo has in Western popular culture. [65]
The religion's adherents are referred to as vodúnsɛntó or, in the French language, Vodúnisants. [2] Vodún is "the predominant religious system" of southern Benin, Togo, and parts of southeast Ghana. [5] The anthropologist Judy Rosenthal noted that "Fon and Ewe forms of Vodu worship are virtually the same". [6]
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
Former academic historian Albert J. Raboteau in his book, Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South, traced the origins of Hoodoo (conjure, rootwork) practices in the United States to West and Central Africa. These origins developed a slave culture in the United States that was social, spiritual, and religious. [141]
But at some point, all religions were dark until someone said that they weren’t.” KC’s growing Vodou community emerges from shadows to dispel religion’s misconceptions Skip to main content
Haitian mythology consists of many folklore stories from different time periods, involving sacred dance and deities, all the way to Vodou.Haitian Vodou is a syncretic mixture of Roman Catholic rituals developed during the French colonial period, based on traditional African beliefs, with roots in Dahomey, Kongo and Yoruba traditions, and folkloric influence from the indigenous Taino peoples of ...
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 ...
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.