15-115 Voodoo II
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Uploaded by amomentintimetv on Jan 10, 2010
Lead: Faced with intense opposition in the French ruling class, the African slaves of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, took their traditional Vodou religion underground by combining it with Roman Catholicism.
Intro.: A Moment in Time with Dan Roberts.
Content: Vodou originated in Western Africa. The word in the indigenous Fon language of Dahomey, now Benin, means spirit or deity. Each human is a spirit of the perceptible world and after death crosses over into the invisible realm which also is inhabited by spirits, ancestors--those who are recently deceased--and angels. Vodou (anglicized as voodoo), as it evolved in the Western hemisphere, gradually adopted many of the characteristics of Roman Catholicism, the most important being its acceptance of the Christian God as the deity. He created the spirits of the universe--the lwa, visible and invisible--to help Him keep humanity under control and give order to the world.
In practice, Vodou is a family cult in which the spirits, especially of ancestors, are implored to provide protection, health and welfare to those still alive. Central to Vodou is the pursuit of healing through the assistance of the invisible spirits. Prayers, singing and dancing, accompanied by drums, are part of Vodou ceremonies. During these--at times--adherents often enter a state of trance, give divinely inspired advice, perform athletic feats, or attempt to cure the sick. The purpose of these rituals is to connect with the spiritual universe and bring order out of a world that is in chaos.
During the time of slavery, the opposition to open Vodou ceremonies was so intense from the French in Haiti that rites were forced underground, and followers gradually began to synchronize their celebrations with the church year. In Haiti, two-thirds of the population is Roman Catholic, but many of these participate in the rituals of Vodou on the side, as do many others in the Haitian diaspora in the South America and the United States.
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@majosiris your just a retard. sit down somewhere uncle tom
jmuckeroy 4 months ago
most people are brained washed and dumb, the only reason why they made it look bad is because they didn't want the slaves to practice it , the white masters even said african music and names were a form of the devil and everything white was christian and peaceful so its kinida funny when a black person thinks its devilish to practice voodoo they might as well think their skin and hair is a sign of the devil
manohman17 1 year ago 2
Some of this information is not correct. Also, these videos do not go enough into detail.
VodouBaby 2 years ago