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A Vodun priest in Benin photographed in 2018. Vodún is a religion. [1] The anthropologist Timothy R. Landry noted that, although the term Vodún is commonly used, a more accurate name for the religion was vodúnsínsen, meaning "spirit worship". [2]
In English, Vodou's practitioners are termed Vodouists; [45] in French and Haitian Creole, they are called Vodouisants [46] or Vodouyizan. [47] Another term for adherents is sèvitè (serviteurs, "devotees"), [48] reflecting their self-description as people who sèvi lwa ("serve the lwa "), the supernatural beings that play a central role in Vodou.
The Rada community places emphasis on sacred drumming during rituals, with skilled drummers playing consecrated drums as a means to connect with the spirit world. [2] Syncretism is another significant aspect of Trinidadian Vodunu, where elements of Catholicism are integrated into the practice. Images of Christian saints and crucifixes can often ...
The Dahomean religion was practiced by the Fon people of the Dahomey Kingdom.The kingdom existed until 1898 in what is now the country of Benin.People taken from Dahomey to the Caribbean used elements of the religion to form Haitian Vodou and other African diasporic religions.
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 Tambor de Mina, a syncretic religion that developed in northern Brazil; Dominican Vudú, a syncretic religion that developed in the Spanish Empire
It is distinct from the various traditional African religions in the interiors of these countries and is the main source of religions with similar names found among the African diaspora in the Americas, such as Haitian Vodou; Dominican Vudú; Cuban Vodú; Brazilian Vodum (candomblé jeje and tambor de mina); Puerto Rican Vudú (Sanse); and ...
Dominican Vudú, or Dominican Voodoo (Spanish: Vudú Dominicano), popularly known as Las 21 Divisiones (The 21 Divisions), is a heavily Catholicized syncretic religion of African-Caribbean origin which developed in the former Spanish colony of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola.
Papa Legba is a lwa, or loa, in West African Vodun and its diasporic derivatives (Dominican Republic Vudú, Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, and Winti), who serves as the intermediary between God and humanity. He stands at a spiritual crossroads and gives (or denies) permission to speak with the spirits of Guineé, and is believed to speak all ...