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This 8 page report discusses the religion and culture of voodoo in Haiti. The paper briefly presents, from a social anthropology perspective, the fundamentals of Voodoo and its importance to the people of Haiti. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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as a world within a cosmic mirror, peopled by the immortal reflections of all those who had ever confronted it. The mirror is the metaphor for the cosmography of Haitian
myth and the promise to "overcome" rings solid and true in the Haitian community. The word "voodoo" is derived from Vodun, a god, or spirit, from the Fon language
of Dahomey, and it serves as the primary folk religion of Haiti. In Voodoo, Roman Catholic ritual elements from the French colonial period in Haiti before 1804 are synthesized
with African religions and magical elements derived from slaves of Dahomean origin. The Dahomean and Congolese beliefs can be traced back to the arrival
of slaves in the late 1700s. It is thought most of the slaves came from the region of the Gulf of Benin - Congo, Senegal, Dahomey and Nigeria. When the
slaves landed on Haiti and other West Indian islands, they were baptized into the Roman Catholic Church, yet there was very little Christian infrastructure to maintain the faith. As a
result, the slaves practiced their original native faith in secret, even while attending Mass regularly Most Voodoo cults worship a high god, Bon Dieu; ancestors
or, more generally, the dead; twins; and the spirits called loa. The spirits of power and wisdom typically vary from cult to cult, but are usually African tribal gods that
can be identified or associated with Roman Catholic saints. The snake god, for example, is identified with St. Patrick. Voodoos a pantheon of spirits visit from Guinea, a mythical realm
that stands for the African homeland. These spirits are believed to have human-like personalities and powers to control the forces of nature. Other elements of Catholicism in Voodoo
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