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Some practice Hoodoo as an autonomous religion, some practice as a syncretic religion between two or more cultural religions, in this case being African indigenous spirituality and Abrahamic religion. [7] [8] Many Hoodoo traditions draw from the beliefs of the Bakongo people of Central Africa. [9]
And sacred African rituals honoring African deities are being held on the waterfront in a local park. Nicole Johnson, a substance abuse therapist, has been studying Vodou for nearly three years.
Myalists honor a creator god and ancestor or African spirits. These spirits are invoked in Myal rituals. It holds that a human has two souls: the duppy , which departs the Earth after death, and the second spirit, which acts as the person's shadow and needs protection from evil. [ 3 ]
The ritual practise of Ulwaluko is a highly respected and sacred cultural practice among the Xhosa and some Nguni speaking peoples of South Africa. It has been alleged that the impact of the practice may threaten the self-esteem of a homosexual young man, although it is not compulsory for any person to participate.
Objects consecrated for ritual use are believed to contain a spiritual essence or power called nanm. [314] The ason is a sacred rattle used in summoning the lwa, [315] especially for Rada rites. [316] It consists of an empty, dried gourd covered in beads and snake vertebra. [317] Prior to being used in ritual it requires consecration. [318]
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 ...
Abakuá is one of three major Afro-Cuban religions present on the island, the other two being Santería, which derives largely from the Yoruba religion of West Africa, and Palo, which has its origins among the Kongo religion of Central Africa. [10] Another Afro-Cuban religion is Arará, which derives from practices among the Ewe and Fon. [11]
Repressed by the Roman Catholic church until the early 1960s, it had been practiced in secrecy underground. The ritual includes the display of smooth stones (one of Shango's worship items) and iron or steel items in honor of Ogun. [3] The faith itself is believed by some scholars to be a Saint Lucian version of Yoruba religion. [4]