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“Voodoo” refers either to Haitian Vodun (alternatively spelled Vodou) or Louisiana Voodoo (also called New Orleans Voodoo). In both instances it is a syncretic religion informed principally by Christianity and West African
vodun
. The preference now shown by scholars and practitioners of the religion to use the spelling “Vodun” or “Vodou” is a consequence of the inaccurate popular conception of “Voodoo,” in part perpetuated by Gothic fiction.
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“Voodoo” refers either to Haitian Vodun (alternatively spelled Vodou) or Louisiana Voodoo (also called New Orleans Voodoo).
In both instances it is a syncretic religion informed principally by Christianity and West African
vodun
.
The preference now shown by scholars and practitioners of the religion to use the spelling “Vodun” or “Vodou” is a consequence of the inaccurate popular conception of “Voodoo,” in part perpetuated by Gothic fiction.
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