Voodoo

The term Voodoo (Vodun in Benin; also Vodou or other phonetically equivalent spellings in Haiti; Vudu in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based spiritist-animist religious tradition.

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Its primary roots are among the Fon-Ewe peoples of West Africa, in the country now known as Benin (formerly the Kingdom of Dahomey), where Vodun is today the national religion of more than 7 million people. The word vodun is the Fon-Ewe word for spirit.

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In addition to the Fon or Dahomeyan tradition which has remained in Africa, there are related traditions that put down roots in the New World during the days of the transatlantic African slave trade.

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Besides Benin, African Vodun and its descendant practices may be found in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil, Ghana, Haiti, Cape Verde, and Togo.

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In the Americas it has found fusion with Catholicism.

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The Fon tradition in Cuba is known as La Regla Arara.

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In Brazil, the Fon tradition among former slaves has given rise to the tradition known as Jeje Vodun.

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Voodoo or vodun is an ancient religion directly derived from prehistoric belief systems. This "primitivism" generates exceptional interest in the paleoanthropological field.

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Benin: The Republic of Benin is a nation of western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey. It has a small coast line with the Bight of Benin in the south, borders Togo in the west, Nigeria in the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger in the north....

Haiti: The Republic of Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola and the smaller islands of La Gon?ve, La Tortue (Tortuga), Les Cayemites, and Ile a Vache in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba; Haiti shares Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. The total land area of Haiti...

West Africa: West Africa is the region of western Africa that is generally considered to include the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, C?te d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. In addition, the region is sometimes consider...

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