Voodoo

A detailed Summary of 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

"An Introduction to Vodun" Webpage available on Netscape Navigator. URL: http:

//www.gub.ac.uk/en/imperial/carib/voodoo. Host: Eimer Gillespie 1997.

Approximate Word count = 1152
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Religion

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