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Extractions: Back in those autumnal equinox days, i didn't know the lexicon for deconstructing ideological walls. But one night, a lifetime after the glory-in-the-flower days seemed gone forever, when reverence and splendor had flown and freedom wasn't liberating and kindness was called weakness, i caught a break.
Voodoo - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia vodun. vodun (aka Vodoun, Voudou, Voodoo, Sevi Lwa) is a syncretist religion that originates in West Africa with the Yoruba people. http://www.phatnav.com/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Vodun
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 NOTA la maggioranza delle foto sono inserite nella cartella Iniziazione al vodun http://users.libero.it/missioni-africane/index/index4.htm
Room_23: VODUN vodun. 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. http://www.room23.de/416.html
Extractions: 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.
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
#183L TAPPING THE MUSICAL TRADITION OF VODUN (fwd) IndexThread Index 183L TAPPING THE MUSICAL TRADITION OF vodun (fwd). amid their hardships. But vodun is hardly a thing of the past. http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive/msg00199.html
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Vodun (Voodoo) - Eduseek Home, Subjects, Help, Age Groups. Subjects Religious Studies Religious Studies 12+ Indigenous Faiths Afro-Caribbean Religion vodun (Voodoo), Links. http://www.eduseek.com/static/navigate9651.html
African Arts: Contemporary Vodun Arts Of Ouidah, Benin You are Here Articles African Arts Winter, 2001 Article. Contemporary vodun arts of Ouidah, Benin. African Arts, Winter, 2001, by Dana Rush. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0438/4_34/85031229/p1/article.jhtml
Extractions: The contemporary Vodun arts of the city of Ouidah in the Republic of Benin are a testament to the strength and flexibility of a belief system that is perpetually inventing, reinventing, and modifying itself. Their embodying aesthetic reflects remarkable adherence to traditional themes and structures that concurrently celebrate conspicuous signs of change. In the constant negotiation between ideologies that are old and new, local and distant, the artificial boundaries between "traditional" and "contemporary" Vodun arts are dissolved, merged, and transcended. It is precisely the ever-changing, all-encompassing nature of Vodun that allows this transcendence. (1) Ouidah narrates the rich and complex history of Benin for local and international audiences through contemporary arts that represent gods and kings and that depict the atrocities of enslavement. The works on permanent display throughout the cityenvisioned as a kind of an open-air museuminclude Vodun temple murals, large-scale cement and metal sculptures, and commemorative monuments. Paintings, appliques, collages, masks, and examples of other art forms punctuate the cityscape and are displayed in local museums.
Vodunindex vodun. Haiti map. History. overview and beliefs. Links. major figures. Home. Tribal Religion Home. All vodun pages on this site made by Bryce Laver. http://sd71.bc.ca/sd71/school/courtenay-jr/School/TRIBAL/vodunimages/Vodunindex.
VODUN: Misconceptions Program 1739 October 1997. vodun Misconceptions ambience vodun water ritual We re listening to the drums and singing of a West African vodun ceremony. http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/Oct98/1739.html
Extractions: The evil eye or sticking needles in dolls, those are among the images that we Westerners commonly associate with Vodun, or Voodoo, as it is sometimes known, a longtime subject of low-grade horror films and campfire tales. I'm Jim Metzner, and this is the Pulse of the Planet, presented by the American Museum of Natural History. We're listening to the drums and singing of a West African Vodun ceremony. "Vodun is probably one of the most poorly understood religions anywhere." Suzanne Preston Blier is a Professor of Fine Arts and Afro-American Studies at Harvard University and a consultant for a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, "The Sacred Arts of Haitian Voodoo." "In the early Haitian revolution against the slave owners there was a sense of the power that Vodun had provided to overcome these very powerful individuals. There was also a long-standing tradition in America of making illegal the practice of African ceremonies because they were viewed as somewhat analogous, let's say, to sorcery: a type of religion which only had a negative part. Vodun at its base is as much a philosophy as a religion which is grounded on this idea of good acts, of respect, of calmness in the face of danger. It has as part of its religion as well, the use of materials, of objects for protection. But it's that part of the religion which is also seen in the West to be somehow very malevolent."
VODUN: Daily Ritual Program 1737 October 1997. vodun Daily Ritual ambience vodun earth ritual In a vodun Natural History. vodun is a religion. It s http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/Oct98/1737.html
Extractions: In a Vodun ritual in the West African nation of Benin, a priestess offers her prayers and praise to one of the many deities who make up the vodun spiritual universe. I'm Jim Metzner, and this is the Pulse of the Planet, presented by the American Museum of Natural History. "Vodun is a religion. It's a religion which is perhaps equally importantly a philosophy. It's a philosophy about life." Suzanne Preston Blier is a Professor of Fine Arts and Afro-American Studies at Harvard University and a consultant for a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History: "The Sacred Arts of Haitian Voodoo." "It's about the way in which one proceeds in the course of life. The term itself derives from the local language which means literally: 'rest to draw the water.' 'Vo' meaning to rest quietly and 'dun' to fetch water, to bring water from a well. And in this sense it's a philosophy about no matter what's going on in life, no matter how difficult things are, that one has to move through it with a certain quietness, ease...One should have faith, ultimately, in the powers of the various gods and in conjunction with that, perform whatever related ceremonies are asked of one and things will turn out in a positive way." "There's some ceremonial attributes that one might do every day. For example, first thing when one gets up in the morning, the children of the house will take small brooms and sweep the face of the Earth. It's to clean the face of Mother Earth. It is a ritual action that's dedicated to the power of the Earth. It's a small ceremony in part of a larger tradition."
Learn More About Vodun In The Online Encyclopedia. Visit the Online Encyclopedia and learn more and get your questions answered about vodun. You are here Online Encyclopedia vodun. see previous page. vodun. http://www.onlineencyclopedia.org/v/vo/vodun.html
Extractions: see previous page Vodun (aka Vodoun Voudou Vodou Voodoo Sevi Lwa ) is an animist, or nature-based religion that originated in West Africa with the Fon and Yoruba people. The name Vodun is derived from the local african word for spirit , and can be traced back about 6,000 years. Today, Vodun is practised in Benin , the Dominican Republic Ghana Haiti and Togo . It is the state religion of Benin and has recently been recognized as an official religion in Haiti. 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 with time. 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 disguise their gods ( Lwas ) and spirits as Roman Catholic saints , a process called syncretism Most experts speculate that this was done in an attempt to hide their " pagan " religion from their masters who had forbidden them to practice it. To say that Voudun is simply a mix of West African religions with a veneer of Roman Catholicism would not be entirely correct. This would be ignoring numerous influences from the native
Vodun: The REAL Voodoo - Briefme.com vodun The REAL Voodoo. Site The actual basis for Voodoo, or vodun, dates back to 18th and 19th century Dahomey in West Africa. This http://www.briefme.com/archive.php/article/23423
Blier, Suzanne Preston: African Vodun Blier, Suzanne Preston African vodun, university press books, 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.
Vodun The word vodun means to rest before you go to draw water from the pool. 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.
Online Encyclopedia - Vodun Encyclopedia Entry for vodun. The name vodun is derived from the local african word for spirit, and can be traced back about 6,000 years. http://www.yourencyclopedia.net/Vodun.html
Extractions: Vodun (aka Vodoun Voudou Vodou Voodoo Sevi Lwa ) is an animist, or nature-based religion that originated in West Africa with the Fon and Yoruba people. The name Vodun is derived from the local african word for spirit , and can be traced back about 6,000 years. Today, Vodun is practised in Benin , the Dominican Republic Ghana Haiti and Togo . It is the state religion of Benin and has recently been recognized as an official religion in Haiti. 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 with time. 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 disguise their gods ( Lwas ) and spirits as Roman Catholic saints , a process called syncretism Most experts speculate that this was done in an attempt to hide their " pagan " religion from their masters who had forbidden them to practice it. To say that Voudun is simply a mix of West African religions with a veneer of Roman Catholicism would not be entirely correct. This would be ignoring numerous influences from the native
Haitianvodou The meaning of Vodou and vodun The vodun are defined variously as forces which act as intermediaries between the omnipotent god http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfrb/haitianvodou.htm
Extractions: Cameau Rameau: The Vodou Gods Ponder Haiti's Destiny, oil painting, 1991 Although some writers have focused on the degree to which Haitian culture replicates west African culture, others have suggested that the resemblance between them may be coincidental, and that by focusing on it, the contributions of the native Amerindian population are overlooked. But it is difficult to do more than acknowledge this, because it hasn't been studied and little today is known about these people. Further, the visual and symbolic connections between Kongo forms of spirituality, Fon vodun, and Yoruba spiritualities are difficult to ignore: connections to Kongo pakets and minkisi, Fon bocie and philosophy, Yoruba deities, Kongo and Yoruba altars, and above all, Kongo symbolism. Agglomeration may be a metaphor for vodou spirituality: not only is there an endlessly vast number of vodou spirits, but the body of spirits includes and incorporates foreign deities, and creates new ones in response to cultural changes. The images of the gods change as well, corresponding to the fashions and trends of the day. Sen Jak, for instance, now appears to ride a helicopter, rather than a horse. He can also be seen at the fairground, riding a carousel: The fusion between the sacred and profane worlds which characterizes Haitian vodou is undoubtedly the most salient connection or similarity between Haitian and African spiritualities, whereas one of the most salient differences between vodou and Roman Catholicism is the relationship which people have to the gods. The houngan, or priest, is central to the community and the spiritual leader of the community; but he does not exist to make the spirits accessible or inaccessible to the people because everyone has access to the gods and everyone can receive a spirit into his or her body, at which time that person and the god are one and the same; further, the gods or loua are not worshipped-they are called. This act of calling the gods generates the importance of movement, of the body, and many of the visual characteristics of the drapos.
