Spirituality in Haitian Vodou
 Spirituality in Haitian Vodou   By Frank Nieblas      What is Vodou?    According to Karen McCarthy Brown, vodou is the name assigned to the various religious practices that    originated in Haiti. Only until recently, Haitians have started using the word vodou to describe their religion.   This religion is still the dominant religion in Haiti today, and it is even largely practiced in some other places such    as New Orleans and Santiago, Cuba.      Like many other non-Chrisitan religions, western society has seriously misrepresented Vodou. Americans have    adopted the word vodou as a derogatory term for black magic.         History of Haitian Vodou           According to Britannica, “Vodou is a creolized religion formed by colonial Europeans and native Haitians’ interactions with the beliefs of African slaves who had been brought to colonial Haiti which was known then as Saint-Domingue”.    These African slaves that were brought in the 16th century were forced to convert t...


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