Vodún or vodúnsínsen is an African traditional religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. Practitioners are commonly called vodúnsɛntó or …

Haitian Vodou[a] (/ ˈvoʊduː /) is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries. It arose through a process of syncretism between several traditional …

Jan 30, 2025 · Vodou is a worldview encompassing philosophy, medicine, justice, and religion. Its fundamental principle is that everything is spirit. Humans are spirits who inhabit the visible …

May 2, 2018 · Vodou is also known as Vodoun, Voodoo, and by several other variants. It is a syncretic religion that combines Roman Catholicism and native African religion, particularly …

Feb 5, 2025 · The term ‘Vodun’ is derived from the god ‘Vodun’, who was worshiped by West African Yoruba men and women who lived in 18th and 19th century Dahomey. It’s origins in …

Similar to the orishas of the Yoruba-speaking peoples of Nigeria, the voudoun are spirits that have their origins in animals, deified human beings, or natural forces. Their followers or servers …

Vodun (meaning spirit; also spelled Vodon, Vodoun, Vodou, Voudou, Voodoo, etc.) is practiced by the Fon people of Benin, and southern and central Togo; as well in Ghana, and Nigeria.

Vodun is a syncretic religion with a history estimated by some anthropologists to date back more than 10,000 years. Having its philosophical and cosmological roots in ancient African rural …

Voodoo is a traditional religion based on ritual and magic 6 centered on relationships with multiple pseudo-gods, spirits and ancestors, which for most people have no particular structure nor …

Haitian Vodou, called Sevis Gineh or “African Service”, is the primary culture and religion of the approximately 7 million people of Haiti and the Haitian diaspora. It has its primary roots among …