Inhoudsopgave
Wat is voodoo in het kort?
Voodoo is een religie die vooral op Haïti wordt beoefend en waarbij rituele magie een grote rol speelt. De ceremonies kennen veel opzwepende dansen om de goden in staat te stellen bezit te nemen van de deelnemers. Bezetenheid is zeer gezocht, omdat deze gezien wordt als de manier waarop de goden zich manifesteren.
Wie gebruikt voodoo poppen?
De meeste voodoo-aanhangers wonen in West-Afrika, op Haïti en andere eilanden in het Caribische gebied, in de Verenigde Staten en in Zuid-Amerika. Ze vormen niet één groep: ze spreken verschillende talen, hebben allerlei nationaliteiten en kunnen ook verschillende gewoonten hebben.
What is New Orleans VooDoo?
Louisiana Voodoo ( French: Vaudou louisianais ), also known as New Orleans Voodoo or Creole Voodoo, is an African diasporic religion originating in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It arose through a process of syncretism between Haitian Vodou, the traditional Yoruba religion of West Africa, and the Roman Catholic form of Christianity.
What is the origin of Voodoo?
It is a cultural form of the Afro-American religions developed by the West and Central African populations of the U.S. state of Louisiana, though its practitioners are not exclusively of African descent. Voodoo is one of many incarnations of African-based spiritual folkways, rooted in West African Dahomeyan Vodun.
What is the liturgical language of the Voodoo Church?
Voodoo’s liturgical language is Louisiana Creole, one of the two main heritage languages (the other being Louisiana French) of the Louisiana Creole people. It became syncretized with the Catholic and Francophone culture of New Orleans as a result of the African cultural oppression in the region as part of the Atlantic slave trade.
What is the theology of Louisiana Voodoo?
While in the 21st century, Voodoo practitioners have for instance combined Voodoo with elements of Judaism and the Kabbalah, or with Hinduism. Louisiana Voodoo has no formal theology, although it displays its own spiritual hierarchy.