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Voudon
Jul 19, 2018 21:26:37 GMT
Post by KHNUM77 on Jul 19, 2018 21:26:37 GMT
[Voudon refers to "a whole assortment of cultural elements: personal creeds and practices, including an elaborate system of folk medical practices; a system of ethics transmitted across generations [including] proverbs, stories, songs, and folklore... voudon is more than belief; it is a way of life," wrote Leslie Desmangles, a Haitian professor at Hartford's Trinity College in "The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal" (Prometheus Books, 1996). Voodoo is a sensationalized pop-culture caricature of voudon, an Afro-Caribbean religion that originated in Haiti, though followers can be found in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, the United States and elsewhere. It has very little to do with so-called voodoo dolls or zombies.] livescience.com
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Voudon
Jul 19, 2018 22:33:28 GMT
Post by Elizabeth on Jul 19, 2018 22:33:28 GMT
"Personal creeds and practices" is a lot of religions actually. So voudon is another sect of voodoo then without dolls?
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Voudon
Jul 20, 2018 0:40:16 GMT
Post by KHNUM77 on Jul 20, 2018 0:40:16 GMT
Voudon is what Voodoo actually is, Voodoo is just another form of the word. Voudon (also spelled Vodun, Vodon, Vodoun, Vodou, Voudou, Voodoo, etc.) It has been misconceived and misrepresented in popular fiction from tv, movies, books, etc.  [For many, the word ‘Voodoo’ conjures up images of magical dolls with pins stuck in them to inflict pain on one’s enemies and the resurrection of the dead as zombies. These images are the result of the misrepresentation of Voodoo by popular culture, and do not accurately represent Voodoo as understood by its practitioners.] ancient-origins.net |
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Voudon
Jul 21, 2018 9:00:28 GMT
Post by Elizabeth on Jul 21, 2018 9:00:28 GMT
So there are no dolls involved?
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Voudon
Jul 21, 2018 23:43:14 GMT
Post by KHNUM77 on Jul 21, 2018 23:43:14 GMT
There is iconography like statues, sculpture, symbols, possibly even figurines and such, but not used in the way popular fiction depicts it.  |
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Jul 22, 2018 3:12:39 GMT
"Personal creeds and practices" is a lot of religions actually. So voudon is another sect of voodoo then without dolls? Voudon or Voodoo is actually a whole West African pagan religion. The idea as I understand it is that they believe in a god called Bondeye that doesn't really talk to humanity directly. In order to talk to Bondeye you have to pray to spirits called Loa. faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/biglist.htm The link behind this are a list of Loa. In the French Caribbean Voodoo was sometimes mixed with Catholicism and in this tradition Bondeye is interpreted as the Christian God and the Loa as the saints making intercession for them. So many Haitians for example follow both Catholicism and Voodoo and see no conflict between the two. |
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Voudon
Jul 23, 2018 8:34:07 GMT
Post by tracers1875 on Jul 23, 2018 8:34:07 GMT
Yes I'm able to post.
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