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Vodou (religions (belief systems, cultures), <religions and religious concepts>, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Term used to designate the syncretic Afro-Creole religion of Haiti, which melds elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional West African magical and religious rites. Adherents commonly embrace spirit possession, animal sacrifice, altar worship, and ceremonial participation to serve the Vodou spirits (or Iwa). While rooted in the Vodún religious practices indigenous to Dahomey, Vodou signifies a specific New World transformation of Vodń as realized by West Africans enslaved on the plantations of Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti) during the Atlantic slave trade. Vodou provided a means for enslaved peoples’ liberation and identity-making. The religion played a significant role in facilitating the Haitian Revolution and continues to thrive as a popular folk religion both in Haiti and the diaspora. For the traditional religion of the Fon and Ewe people in Dahomey (modern-day Benin), use “Vodún.” For the African diasporic religion of the Mississippi River Valley, use “Voodoo.”
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| Vodou (preferred,C,V,LC,English-P,UF,U,N)
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| Haitian Vodou (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| Vaudou (Haiti) (C,V,LC,French,UF,U,N)
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| voudou (Haiti) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| Voodou (Haiti) (C,V,LC,AU,English,UF,U,N)
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| Vooduism (Haiti) (C,V,LC,AU,English,UF,U,N)
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| Voudon (Haiti) (C,V,LC,AU,English,UF,U,N)
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| Voudooism (Haiti) (C,V,LC,AU,English,UF,U,N)
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| Voudouism (Haiti) (C,V,LC,AU,English,UF,U,N)
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| Vudu (Haiti) (C,V,LC,AU,English,UF,U,N)
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| Vodun (C,V,LC,AU,English,UF,U,N)
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| Voodoo (Haiti) (C,V,LC,PJ,English,UF,U,N)
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| Voodooism (Haiti) (C,V,LC,PJ,English,UF,U,N)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: B.BM |
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.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ <religions and religious concepts> (G) |
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............ religions (belief systems, cultures) (G) |
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................ African religions (G) |
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.................... Vodún (G) |
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........................ Vodou (G) |
Related concepts: |
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| distinguished from .... |
Vodún |
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(African religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300451768] |
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Voodoo (Mississippi River) |
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(religions (belief systems, cultures), <religions and religious concepts>, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300054591] |
| focuses on .... |
occult sciences |
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(disciplines (concept), Disciplines (hierarchy name)) [300054587] |
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vodouisants |
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(people in religion, <people in religion and related occupations>, ... People (hierarchy name)) [300451772] |
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[VP] |
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Black Atlantic, Duke University [online] (2023-) "Haitian Vodou"; accessed 17 October 2023 |
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Desmangles, Replacing the Term, Journal of Haitian Studies (2012) 26-33 |
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Falen, Vodún, Journal of Religion in Africa (2016) 453-483 |
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Fandrich, Yoruba Influences, Journal of Balck Studies (2007) 775-791 |
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Harvard Pluralism Project online (2015-) "Vodou, Serving the Spirits"; accessed 17 October 2023 |
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Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) 2021052860; accessed 17 October 2023 |
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology [online edition] (2023-) "Haitian Vodou"; accessed 18 October 2023 |
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Queen II, Encyclopedia of American Religious History [online edition] (2018) "Voodoo"; accessed 17 October 2023 |
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Viddal, Vodou and Voodoo, Nova Religio (1986) 1-5 |
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