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Vodou is primarily practiced in Haiti, New Orleans, and other locations within the Caribbean. Vodou began when African slaves brought their native traditions with them as they were forcefully transported to the new world. However, they were generally forbidden from practicing their religion.
Haitian Vodou[a] (/ ˈvoʊduː /) 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.
Vodou has roots in the religious traditions of West and Central Africa, where most Haitians’ ancestors were born, and in the Roman Catholicism of European colonizers in Africa and the...
Voodoo in America is still actively practiced and its capital is New Orleans, Louisiana.
Some anthropologists estimate that voodoo's roots in Benin—formerly Dahomey—West Africa may go back 6,000 years. Today an estimated 60 million people practice voodoo worldwide.
Tracing back to the 1600s, Vodou was founded as a unifying religion among enslaved Africans who had previously practiced different spiritual systems in their respective ethnic groups on the...
Vodou is an oral tradition practiced by extended families that inherit familial spirits, along with the necessary devotional practices, from their elders. In the cities, local hierarchies of priestesses or priests ( manbo and oungan ), “children of the spirits” ( ounsi ), and ritual drummers ( ountògi ) comprise more formal “societies ...
Voodoo, a religion deeply rooted in Haitian culture, has reached far beyond the Caribbean, weaving its practices into the fabric of cities like New Orleans and broadly influencing global diaspora communities.
Published October 28, 2024. Originating from enslaved West Africans taken to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade, Voodoo is one of the world's most misinterpreted religions. Public Domain A late 19th-century illustration of a Voodoo ritual. In popular media, Voodoo is often portrayed as a sort of “dark magic.”.
Tracing back to the 1600s, Vodou was founded as a unifying religion among enslaved Africans who had previously practiced different spiritual systems in their respective ethnic groups on the...