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Voodoo Vodoun, also called voodoo, hoodoo, originated in Africa and is mostly practiced in the Caribbean country of Haiti and Santo-Domingo. The foundations of vodou are the West African religions from Guinea (Ivory Coast) mixed with west Indian magic, carried to Haiti by African slaves bought from Africa. The word "vodoun" comes from vodu, meaning "with spirit" in the Fon language of Dahomey, now part of Nigeria.
Voodoo
means communicate with the spirits isn’t that what most religions try to
unsuccessfully achieve? It is said in the
Voodoo or Hoodoo, Santeria, Macumbe, Palo? To understand why these religions have so much in common we must go back to how they came about, at one time all the blacks that came to America were brought to Haiti, taken from the area on the map found at the beginning of this site, they were packed like sardines in so called nigger boat, and actually made the whole trip from Africa to the new world standing up, food and water was thrown from a large grill above, ( and we'll leave the idea of going to the bathroom to your imagination! )for a period of at least a hundred years (even more) the main slave trade market was at Port-au-Prince, all blacks were dropped there under the classification of Bossales (rough slave) very few managed to escape upon arrival! From the market they were sold to the colons who brought them to plantations where they were beaten into submission, A small group became the slave masters, males who earned the trust of their master and were in charge of breaking down the new arrivals, the strong ones were sent to the fields and a selected few were used as breeders, the weak ones trained as house slaves, most of the female slaves worked around the main house and were only sent to the fields on harvesting time. They were used for sexual pleasure and for breeding, but as soon as she delivered a baby the baby was sold to another plantation. After a period that ranged from 3 months to a year, slaves were brought back in the market of the bossales where they were sold again before they went to their finale destination, when slaves were sold, one of the slave masters was sold along with the group to keep it inline when they arrived at their destination. It took several years before a slave became a slave master. Some slaves while staying in Haiti were taught voodoo, after they were sold and reached their final destination in order to create a unity, the religion was reorganized and renamed. Different kind of voodoo? Yes, just like Christians includes Catholics, Protestants, Baptist, Jehova witnesses, etc, voodoo has several rites easily recognized by the difference in dancing and the beat of drums. Different rites of voodoo are, (many close to extinction) in Haiti; Cataroulo, Congo, Ewe, Guinea, Ibo, Limba, Macaya, Nago, Petro, Rada, in the Dominican Republique; Guinea, Dahomey, Yoruba, in Cuba; Santeria, Brujeria, Yoruba, in south America; Palo, Macumbe, in Africa: Aizo, Amine, Ashante, Bariba, Cangale, Caplaou, Congo, Ewe, Fon, Fila-Fila, Gua, Ibo, Loko, Miba, Nago, Oli, Quita, Samba, Sinigal, Unlo, Yoruba, ( and much more!!!) defined sometimes as the worship of the Orishas. Voodoo, Hoodoo in Miami, New Oleans, Georgia, U.S.A.
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beginning
of the old testament that Enoch walked with god , by means of possession the
voodoo adept allows the spirit inside his body and in that state can perform
miracles and many other feats. He is walking with the gods! The true voodoo
adept doesn’t not worship the gods he works side by side with them! Voodoo is
one the most ancient form of religion known to men! Over the centuries the word
voodoo in itself inherited a bad rap because with the power of voodoo the
Haitian slaves in 1804 gained their independence. Of course there are bad hougan
(voodoo priest) who misuse the knowledge, but the truth is there is good and bad
in everything on earth depending on how you use it! On the turn of the 17
century Louis the 14th issued a decree that all slaves under dominion of the
French were to be converted to catholic the Spanish the English and the
Portuguese did the same, but before slavery the blacks had their own religion
just like the Jews the Muslims and the Indian and although virtually eradicated
by 300 years of slavery truly voodoo, santaria, Macumbe are truly the oldest and
original religion of all people! 
