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In English, Vodou's practitioners are termed Vodouists; [46] in French and Haitian Creole, they are called Vodouisants [47] or Vodouyizan. [48] Another term for adherents is sèvitè (serviteurs, "devotees"), [49] reflecting their self-description as people who sèvi lwa ("serve the lwa "), the supernatural beings that play a central role in Vodou.
Slave owners threatened to baptize the slaves if they did not stop worshiping Vodou. Due to these threats, slaves practiced Vodou in private while incorporating Catholic traditions into them. They incorporated hymns and prayers, which are still seen in modern day Vodou. [1] Vodou became "Voodoo" once it was brought to New Orleans' French Quarter.
“The gentleman who did mine invited me to his choir practice. It was a Vodou choir practice, and that’s when I started learning more about Vodou. So that is why I say it came to me. It wasn ...
Haitian Vodou, a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Haiti Haitian Vodou in Cuba; 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
The history of Vodou is closely linked to the Haitian Revolution — one of the largest ever successful slave revolts in history — which gave birth to the independent Haitian nation, according ...
Coupled with the religion of the Kongo people from Central Africa, the Vodún religion of the Fon became one of the two main influences on Haitian Vodou. [131] Like the name Vodou itself, many of the terms used in this creolised Haitian religion derive from the Fon language; [132] including the names of many deities, which in Haiti are called ...
Depiction of burial ceremony, c. 1871. Dominican Vudú is practiced through a "Tcha-Tcha" (Maraca—which means "rattle") lineage. [3]In Haiti, Voodoo has come about and become more popular through another lineage known as the "Asson".
Vodou drumming and associated ceremonies are folk ritual faith system of henotheistic religion of Haitian Vodou originated and inextricable part of Haitian culture. Vodou drumming is widely practiced in urban centres in Haiti and some cities in North America (especially New Orleans). The ritualistic faith system that involves ceremonies that ...