Voodoo
When I was first assigned this research paper on Voodoo, the first thing I thought of was Voodoo dolls, zombies, and evil magic. I think Voodoo is an evil religion which sacrifices humans as well as animals to demonic gods. I think it has been around for thousands of years, but is little left today. I believe that Voodoo is nothing but evil and the Voodoo originated in Western Africa by the Yoruba tribe. The Yoruba religion has about four hundred lesser gods called Orisa. This is not the actual Voodoo religion as we know it today, but plays an important role in it. Voodoo believes that the Grand Master or God rules over all things, but pays no attention to human affairs. This is why they believe in lower spirits or Loa to whom they worship and make sacrifices to(Belgum 14-28). When the slave trade started, people of the Yoruba tribe were captured and brought over as slaves. when the slaves arrived, they were baptized into the Catholic religion. The slaves continued to practice their native religion in secret which over time was mixed with Catholicism to create the Voodoo that we know today (Introduction 1).Over sixty-million people still conti
Eventhough it contains some magic, it is not the main point of the religion nor is it practiced by normal members to the religion. The Voodoo religion believes that true communion comes only through possession of the body by a Loa or spirit. Rituals can be held to celebrate a special event in the lives of a family or a community, in bad times for guidance from the Loa, for healing of an illness or a disability, births, weddings, and deaths (Vodun 2-3). After the possession, the person has no remembrance of what happened and therefore cannot be held responsible for what they did while being possessed (Possession 1-2). After the offering is made, the animal is usually cooked and eaten by the people. While the Loa possesses the body it will often smoke, drink alcohol, and eat. A veve, or pattern of flour is made on the floor in a design of one of the Loa (Vodun 3). The drum or tambula (Mysteries 1) begins to beat. All rituals are held at a hounfour or a temple (Belgum 37). The Houngan then calls the Loa by striking the veve or callingupon it with the use of magical words (Basic 4).
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