La Storia Del Vodun, Comunemente Chiamato Voodoo Translate this page Scoprite le origini del Voodoo - vodun e la sua storia come la religione siè diffusa, i rituali vodun, gli spiriti e Loa. Storia del vodun o Voodoo. http://www.1arkamilmago.com/voodoo.htm
Extractions: top.status="Il Mago Arkam per scacciare il malocchio e ritrovare salute, felicità, amore, fortuna, benessere" Il Mago Profilo Galleria Contatto ... Piante Magiche Storia del Vodun o Voodoo Vodun e Yoruba Il Vodun (Vodoun, Voudou, Vodouu o Sevi Lwa) è comunemente chiamato Voodoo dal pubblico. Il nome Vodun è riconducibile ad una parola africana che significa "spirito". Il Vodun può essere direttamente ricondotto al popolo est africano Yoruba che visse a Dahomey nel diciottesimo e diciannovesimo secolo. Le sue radici risalgono a 6000 anni indietro nella storia africana. Questa nazione occupava parte dell'attuale Togo , Benin e Nigeria. Cliccate sulla carta per ingrandirla Gli schiavi portarono con loro la propria religione Vodun , quando furono deportati a Bahia (in Brasile), ad Haiti ed in altre isole delle Indie. Il Vodun fu attivamente represso durante i tempi coloniali. Molti predicatori vennero uccisi o imprigionati ed i loro santuari distrutti, poichè rappresentavano una grave minaccia al dominio Euro - Cristiano/Mussulmano. Questo forzò alcuni nativi di Dahomey a creare società segrete ed "ordini Vodun" per poter continuare la venerazione dei loro antenati ed il culto dei loro potenti Dei. Il Vodun fu poi ancora perseguito attivamente durante il regime Marxista. Tuttavia, fu liberamente praticato nel Benin sino al 1989 quando venne instaurato il primo governo democratico. Nel 1996 il Vodun fu formalmente riconosciuto come religione ufficiale.
Società Delle Missioni Africane (SMA) Home Page - Esplorare Ol Vodun Translate this page IL vodun DEL BENIN Un approccio empatico Copertina del libro di Mauro Burzio NOTAla maggioranza delle foto sono inserite nella cartella Iniziazione al vodun http://users.libero.it/missioni-africane/index/index4.htm
Società Delle Missioni Africane (SMA) Home Page - Vodun E Orisha Translate this page intervento del vodun. vodun e Orisha. attuale Nigeria. Ma non dimentichiamoche i vodun sono numerosi! A servizio di una comunità. Per http://users.libero.it/missioni-africane/index/vodun/vodun-2.htm
Extractions: Precisazioni semantiche I Portoghesi, che furono i primo Europei a stabilirsi sulla "Costa degli Schiavi", chiamarono il Vodun "feticao", che significa oggetto fabbricato, manufatto: Questo termine sembra aver migrato verso ovest, cioè dallattuale Nigeria fino al Ghana, passando per il Dahomey. Infatti la lingua Yoruba ( il paese Yoruba occupa la parte sud-occidentale della Federazione Nigeriana) è la base comune delle diverse lingue "sacre" usate nel Vodun, soprattutto nei riti divinatori del "fa"; rito che domina sugli altri, poiché sta allinizio di ogni celebrazione ed ogni intervento del Vodun. Per far questo è bastato risparmiare la vita di alcuni Yoruba fatti prigionieri durante le razzie in regni vicini. Fra di loro quelli che erano stati "iniziati" a qualche orisha, erano risparmiati, e messi da parte per il culto. Costoro, ben contenti di essere stati risparmiati, diventavano "sacerdoti" ed iniziatori zelanti.
Vodun The word vodun means to rest before you go to draw water from thepool. 1 Water imagery in vodun also refers to the liminal space http://www2.msstate.edu/~amc11/achupa/vodun/vodun.html
Extractions: The word "vodun" means to rest before you go to draw water from the pool. Water imagery in vodun also refers to the liminal space between the worlds above and below, human beings and the spirits, between the ancestors and their descendants. There is danger in liminal spaces - all the more reason to rest in order to know why you are there. Damballah and Simbi are associated with pools; there is usually a basin for Damballah located in vodun temples. An altar for water spirits is located at the base of the pond (see detail of altar pond, left). The small ship is for Agoue, the Haitian loa of the sea. Yemoja is also associated with the sea. Oshun is a water spirit associated with fresh or "sweet" water and is the patron orisha of Philadelphia. Mami Wati or mother of the waters, is a Fon spirit similar to the the Yoruba Yemoja. In Saints (detail, right), Mami Wati can be found along with Oshun's owl in the tomb between the images of Black Hawk and St. Lazarus. Anna Chupa, Saints Vodun is a world religion which has its cultural origins in the West and Central African countries of Benin (formerly Dahomey), Togo, Nigeria and Zaire (Kongo). The vodun are "mysterious forces or powers that govern the world and the lives of those who reside in it." Characterized by assemblage, the vodun arts function "both to protect humans and to offer avenues of individual empowerment and change." The accretive properties of vodun arts are echoed in religious practice. Both African and American forms of vodun absorbed and reinterpreted foreign deities. Wherever vodun appears, practitioners incorporate local influences, hence New Orleans vodun is a distinct tradition.
African Vodun Historically vilified and misunderstood, vodun is a religion practiced bya small group of Fon, Mina, and Ewe peoples of coastal West Africa. http://www.africanvodun.com/pages/essence.html
Extractions: Historically vilified and misunderstood, Vodun is a religion practiced by a small group of Fon, Mina, and Ewe peoples of coastal West Africa. African Vodun is the root of all Vodun, including Haitian and New Orleans practices. Vodun is only one of the African traditional religions that accompanied Africa's enslaved throughout the Diaspora where numerous sects of Vodun continue to thrive. Similar to other religions, Vodun functions to help people endure the trials and tribulations of daily life like starvation, disease, and death, and to celebrate life. The religion provides teachings and practices* about morality and spirituality to assist its devotees in evolving their consciousness. Endowed with the power of their gods, and the wisdom of their ancestors, Vodun practitioners embark on an eternal journey to master the Earth and its elements, the divine, and most decidedly themselves. The ritual conquering of death in initiation is the seed of empowerment meticulously planted in the sacred terrain of Vodun. Bondage in its multiple and varied forms like abuse and addictions are challenged and maneuvers strategized.
Foundation For The Preservation Of The African Vodun Religion Chief Sharon Caulder, PhD Director. Daagbo's definition of vodun to theNew York Times, 3/96. vodunhwedo vodun Supreme Chief Daagbo Hounon Houna. http://www.africanvodun.com/pages/foundation1.html
Vodun/Vodou Vodou/vodun Guide picks. vodun and Related Religions A good explanation of thebeliefs and history of this African religion. From ReligiousTolerance.org. http://paganwiccan.about.com/cs/vodouvodun/
Foto-Galerie (Voodoo/Vodun) * Das Fotoarchiv. Info and zoom click pictures, F01 Mami Wata vodun, F02 Mami Wata vodun, F03Mami Wata vodun, F04 Mami Wata vodun, F05 Mami Wata vodun, F06 Mami Wata vodun, http://www.africa-photo.com/vgalerie/efot.htm
Foto-Galerie (Voodoo/Vodun) * Das Fotoarchiv. F11 Mami Wata vodun, F12 Mami Wata Vooodo, F13 Mami Wata vodun, F14 Kokou vodun, F15 Kokou vodun, F16 Kokou vodun, F17 Kokou vodun, F18 Djagli vodun, F19 http://www.africa-photo.com/vgalerie/efot1.htm
Vodun.page During the 19th century there was little religious infrastructure tomaintain the faith among slaves and vodun was practiced in secret. http://www.geocities.com/tragicpixie/Vodun.html
Extractions: Voodoo This section of my site is about Vodou. There are many myths surrounding this practice. Vodou is also known as Voodoo and Sevi Lwa among other names. Vodou is the French spelling while Voodoo is the American. Vodou is found throughout the world however seems to be fairly popular in the New Orleans area of the United States and in South America. Vodou is a huge part of the culture of Haiti and very popular throughtout the West Indies. The word Vodou is traceable back to an African word for "spirit." History The practice of Vodou originated in the West Indies durning the colonial times. When the settlers brought Africans over to be made slaves, the slaves brought their religion with them. Upon their arrival at the French colony of Haiti, the slaves were baptised into the Roman Catholic religion. During the 19th century there was little religious infrastructure to maintain the faith among slaves and Vodun was practiced in secret. The practice of Vodun has been repressed until recently. There are many different paths withing Vodou with their own traditions and spirit patheons. Spirit patheons are called Loa, or Lwa. There are many different Vodou traditions, such as Dahomean, Makaya, and Kongo just to name a few. The belifes these many traditions have in common are that of one god, Gran Met, which means "Great Master" and Bon Dieu which is French for "Good God". There are lesser gods called the Lwa who can be directly communitcated with by means of spiritual possession. Possession is a very desirable thing in Vodou. It is also believed that the soul is made of two parts a gros bon angel, "big gaurdian angel", and a ti bon angle "little gaurdian angel. The ti bon angle is said to leave the body during sleep and ritual possession.
Vodun - Wikipedia Similar pages vodun Wikipediavodun. (Redirected from Voodoo). vodun (aka Vodoun, Voudou, Voodoo, Sevi Lwa) isa syncretist religion that originates in West Africa with the Yoruba people. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodun
Extractions: Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Older versions Special pages Set my user preferences My watchlist Recently updated pages Upload image files Image list Registered users Site statistics Random article Orphaned articles Orphaned images Popular articles Most wanted articles Short articles Long articles Newly created articles Interlanguage links All pages by title Blocked IP addresses Maintenance page External book sources Printable version Talk Other languages: Nederlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Vodun (aka Vodoun Voudou Voodoo Sevi Lwa ) is a syncretist religion that originates in West Africa with the Yoruba people . The name Vodun is derived from the local african word for spirit , and can be traced about 6,000 years back. Today, Vodun is practised in Benin , the Dominican Republic Ghana Haiti and Togo The majority of the Africans who were brought to Haiti and the southern US as slaves were from West Africa, and their descendants are the primary practitioners of Vodun. The survival of the belief system in the New World is remarkable, although the traditions have changed. One of the largest differences however between African and American Voudun is that the African slaves of Haiti and the southern US were obliged to dress up their gods (
Società Delle Missioni Africane (SMA) Home Page - Esplorare Ol Vodun Translate this page IL vodun DEL BENIN Un approccio empatico Copertina del libro di Mauro Burzio NOTAla maggioranza delle foto sono inserite nella cartella Iniziazione al vodun http://www.missioni-africane.org/index/index4.htm
Blier, Suzanne Preston: African Vodun Blier, Suzanne Preston African vodun, university pressbooks, shopping cart, new release notification. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/12551.ctl
Extractions: Paper $37.50tx 0-226-05860-3 Fall 1996 Beads, bones, rags, straw, leather, pottery, fur, feathers and bloodthese are the raw materials of vodun artworks. The power of these images lies not only in their aesthetic, and counter-aesthetic, appeal but also in their psychological and emotional effect. As objects of fury and force, these works are intended to protect and empower people and cultures that have long been oppressed. In this first major study of its kind, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the artworks of the contemporary vodun cultures of southern Benin and Togo in West Africa as well as the related voudou traditions of Haiti, New Orleans, and historic Salem, Massachusetts. Blier employs a variety of theoretically sophisticated psychological, anthropological, and art historical approaches to explore the contrasts inherent in the vodun artscommoners versus royalty, popular versus elite, "low" art versus "high." She examines the relation between art and the slave trade, the psychological dynamics of artistic expression, the significance of the body in sculptural expression, and indigenous perceptions of the psyche.
Extractions: Vodun (a.k.a. Vodoun, Voudou, Voodoo, Sevi Lwa) General background: Vodun (a.k.a. Vodoun, Voudou, Voodoo, Sevi Lwa) is commonly called Voodoo by the public. The name is traceable to an African word for "spirit". Vodun's can be directly traced to the West African Yoruba people who lived in 18th and 19th century Dahomey. Its roots may go back 6,000 years in Africa. That country occupied parts of today's Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Slaves brought their religion with them when they were forcibly shipped to Haiti and other islands in the West Indies. Vodun was actively suppressed during colonial times. "Many Priests were either killed or imprisoned, and their shrines destroyed, because of the threat they posed to Euro-Christian/Muslim dominion. This forced some of the Dahomeans to form Vodou Orders and to create underground societies, in order to continue the veneration of their ancestors, and the worship of their powerful gods." 1 Vodun was again suppressed during the Marxist regime. However, it has been freely practiced in Benin since a democratic government was installed there in 1989. Vodun was formally recognized as Benin's official religion in 1996-FEB. It is also followed by most of the adults in Haiti. It can be found in many of the large cities in North America, particularly in the American South. Today over 60 million people practice Vodun worldwide. Religions similar to Vodun can be found in South America where they are called Umbanda, Quimbanda or Candomble.
Extractions: TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN AFRICA:THE VODUN PHENOMENON IN BENIN INTRODUCTION If it can be said that homo faber preceded homo sapiens, both these stages of humanity were borne by homo religiosus, an essential feature of man since the arousal of his consciousness. Indeed the religious phenomenon is not limited to a cult or an established link with the transcendent, but springs from the awareness of finiteness which gives rise to the need for the transcendent. Consequently, all men are religious, even if some are more religious than others, and the manifestations of human religiosity are numerous and owe much to the cultures of which they are the soul. In the specific case of the cultures of South Benin (West Africa), whose religious soul I wish briefly to present here, it appears that this is to be found in a convergent way in the phenomenon of Vodun. Most of the peoples of South Benin have very similar if not identical cultural roots, and almost the same historical origin. This is why the religious phenomenon in this geographical region is manifested most fully in Vodun (or Orisha, with the Nago or Yoruba peoples). Vodun designates a venerated and adored divinity. It also defines the whole social, psychological and supernatural structure surrounding this popular sort of religiosity. Indeed, Vodun permeates everything. Before Christianity, one could see how all the social fabric, starting with the family, was imbued by it. This reality justifies the fact that the first missionaries in our region were not dealing with areligious human beings. The difficulties they encountered, conversions made without deep cultural roots and their tendency to throw local culture and cults into the same dustbin of "deviltry", leads us today to reflect anew on the Vodun phenomenon which continues and constitutes a challenge to the New Evangelisation.
Vodun Santeria) bear many similarities to vodun. vodun Beliefs. vodun, is a religionof many traditions. of the body. vodun Rituals. The purpose of http://www.mindspring.com/~cronemother/Vodun.html
Extractions: Vodun Vodun a.k.a. Vodoun, Voudou, Voodoo, Sevi Lwa ) is commonly called Voodoo by the public. The name is traceable to an African word for "spirit". Vodun's roots go back to the West African Yoruba people who lived in 18th and 19th century Dahomey. That country occupied parts of today's Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Slaves brought their religion with them when they were forcibly shipped to Haiti and other islands in the West Indies. Today over 60 million people practice Vodun worldwide. Religious similar to Vodun can be found in South America where they are called Umbanda, Quimbanda or Candomble . It is widely practiced in Benin, where it is the official religion. Today, there are two virtually unrelated forms of the religion: 1. the actual religion, Vodun practiced in Benin, Haiti, Dominican Republic and various centers in the US - largely where Haitian refuges have settled.2. an evil, imaginary religion, which we will call Voodoo . It has been created for Hollywood movies, complete with "voodoo dolls", violence, bizarre rituals, etc. It does not exist in reality, except in the minds of most non-Voduns.Other religions (Macumba, Candomble, Umbanda and Santeria) bear many similarities to Vodun. Vodun, is a religion of many traditions. Each group follows a different spiritual path and worships a slightly different pantheon of spirits, called
Vodun Shinto. Brief History of Shinto. Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion.Starting about 500 BCE (or earlier) it was originally an http://www.mindspring.com/~cronemother/Shinto.html
Extractions: Shinto Brief History of Shinto Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion. Starting about 500 BCE (or earlier) it was originally "an amorphous mix of nature worship, fertility cults, divination techniques, hero worship, and shamanism." Its name was derived from the Chinese words " shin tao " (The Way of the Gods) in the 8th Century CE. At that time: The Yamato dynasty consolidated its rule over most of Japan. Divine origins were ascribed to the imperial family. Shinto established itself as the official religion of Japan, along with Buddhism. The complete separation of Japanese religion from politics did not occur until just after World War II. The Emperor renounced his divinity at that time. "Shinto has no real founder, no written scriptures, no body of religious law, and only a very loosely-organized priesthood." Most Japanese citizens follow two religions: both Shinto and Buddhism. Buddhism first arrived in Japan from Korea and China during the 8th century CE. The two religions share a basic optimism about human nature, and for the world. Within Shinto, the Buddha was viewed as another "Kami"
Haiti: Vodun And The Politics Of Haiti vodun and the Politics of Haiti . Robert I. Rotberg. An excellent p.356 It is often said that vodun kept Haiti backward. Probably the http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/voodoo/politics.htm
Extractions: Robert I. Rotberg An excellent overview of Voodoo begins the article. p. 356 "It is often said that vodun kept Haiti backward. Probably the reverse is true: vodun flourished because the rulers of Haiti denied their multitudinous citizenry a chance to transform a socially and economically stagnant rural life." Rotberg argues in part that Voodoo presents a form of government in the rural areas since the country does not. But, later he takes a very narrow view of Voodoo as Church, and claims Voodoo, as an institution did not oppose the occupation. This is 1. too narrow a view of Voodoo 2. Contradicts his own earlier, and more satisfactory view. He takes the stand that Voodoo will only be replaced by development: " Vodun is resilient. Without Duvalier, as without Soulouque, its links to the state will fade away. Its small, secure, parochial base of power will remain until that distant day when modernizationif it ever comes to innermost Haitierodes the very foundations of a protective security-giving cognitive universe." 365. MAIN HAITI PAGE Book Reviews Film History ... HOME Bob Corbett corbetre@webster.edu
