Voodoo
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"Georges Bataille used photographs of Voodoo rituals made by Pierre Verger, a friend to Métraux, for his books L'Érotisme (1957) and Les Larmes d'Éros (1961). In the texts accompanying these photographs, Bataille also stressed the Dionysian nature of the Voodoo cult: "What the Voodoo-sacrifier experienced was a kind of ecstasy. An ecstasy which was in a sense comparable to a drunkenness. An ecstasy which was caused by killing birds."--Surreal Documents[1] |
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Voodoo (Vodou, Vodoun, Vudu, or Vudun in Benin, Togo, southeastern Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Senegal; also Vodou in Haiti) is a name attributed to a traditionally West African spiritual system of faith and ritual practices. The core functions of Voodoo are to explain the forces of the universe, influence those forces, and influence human behavior. Voodoo's oral tradition of faith stories carries genealogy, history and fables to succeeding generations. Adherents honor deities and venerate ancient and recent ancestors. This faith system is widespread across groups in West Africa. Diaspora spread Voodoo to North and South America, the Caribbean and the Philippines.
Voodoo may refer to:
- Louisiana Voodoo or New Orleans Voodoo, a set of African-based spiritual folkways
- Haitian Vodou, a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Haiti
- Brazilian Vodum, one of the major branches (nations) of Candomblé
- West African Vodun, practiced by Gbe-speaking ethnic groups of West Africa
- Cuban Vodú, a syncretic religion that developed in the Spanish Empire
- Dominican Vudú, a syncretic religion that developed in the Spanish Empire
- See also: Afro-American religion for a list of related religions which are sometimes called or mistaken for Vodou/Voodoo.
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