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Voodoo
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Fon is spoken by over half the people of Benin and it is the mother tongue
of . In Fon the root word for is vodoun that means spirit or god.
had its origins over 350 years ago in West Africa. In fact Allada, a
small town in Benin, is often called the 'cradle of '. In 1996, January
10th became N ....
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....ey believe that all things are the creation of the loa, and at the same time
part of the lao and are to be servants to them. The loa take part in our world
and act as intermediaries between human being and the higher god, Bodye. The
practitioners of Vodoun believe that when a soul dies it become a sprit or loa.
These spirits often 'posses' the living during rituals. When 'possessed' the
believer dances, offers animal sacrifices, falls into a trance, or may even
disappear. When these rituals .... |
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