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Echiche Ụgha nke Voodoo, Mmụọ na Black Ime Anwansi What do you think about Voodoo or Vodun as it is more accurately known? Many think of Voodoo as a cult that deals in black magic exclusively to cause evil – pinned dolls, curses, evil spirits, sorcerers etc. Lot of information portrayed in movies, TV shows, books in popular culture about Voodoo is inaccurate and sensationalised which has created series of fable tales in people’s mind. Voodoo isn’t a morbid practice intended to hurt or control others, in fact it isn’t the same everywhere. Voodoo also spelled as vodun, vodoun or vudun is a traditional religion as old as 10,000 years that originated in coastal West Africa. The propagation of Voodoo as a religion or practice across the world is an interesting story, which also speaks volumes about the negative image associated with Voodoo, but before throwing light on that, let’s look into the core beliefs of Voodoo as a religion and culture. Voodoo in Benin Voodoo originates in Benin, West Africa where millions of people consider it to be the way of life. Followers of Voodoo believe in existence of a supreme force and “Voodoo” here stands for the ‘Great Spirit’. They believe that a good spirit is way more powerful than a bad spirit and so they seek guidance of the good spirit to live their lives. The phenomenon of calling the spirits for guidance and blessing is what they call “White or Good magic”. It’s fascinating to know that even though they believe in animal sacrifice done to awaken the spirits, they still worship animals. Like the Python (snake) is considered holy and is worshiped in Benin. It’s believed that anyone who kills a python will eventually have a tragic death. Voodoo in Benin, is also about worshiping the elements of nature and the annual dance and culture festival promote peace and harmony. The music involves rhythmic sounding loud drumbeats and the dance is largely an expression of one’s spiritual connection with the divine. Voodoo followers believe in energy and spirit and practically live their lives with good intention. These people are not involved in any kind of malpractices as perceived by the world at large and causing pain through Voodoo is against their morals. While some practitioners certainly engage in the darker side of Voodoo, the religion itself is not dark. Kama, Voodoo is more like a neutral force running through the universe. Voodoo can be used for good or evil, depending on the heart, uche, and objective of the person corralling the Voodoo force. African Slave Trade in Haiti It is true that Voodoo is a religion in Haiti. Otú ọ dị, there is an ugly history behind the enslavement of Voodoo followers from Benin to Haiti and rest of the places in America. Site 16nke ka 19nke century Benin was one of the major targets of the slave traders and people of Benin were brutally transported to America through a painful process. This phenomenon is known as Atlantic Slave Trade or transatlantic slave trade. Voodoo in Haiti People enslaved were significantly high in number and even though they were made to take rounds around a tree several times to forget their lives by traders, they managed to carry their culture to different places. They managed to root and propagate their cultural practices, and today Voodoo is one of the majorly followed religion of Haiti. The practices and rituals went through tremendous changes with time, but their core beliefs remain the same, that is to worship the good spirit and spread goodness. Haitians believe in one powerful spirit and call it “Bondieu” and further divide Bondieu into three types of spirits; Loa are spirits which guide the universe, in addition to Loa, there are spirits that are not well understood and even somewhat mysterious; these spirits are sometimes referred to as the “twins,” because they represent the contradictory forces in nature, such as good and evil, happiness and sadness, health and illness and lastly are the spirits of the ancestors. Haitians worship all these spirits in good faith hoping that it would do well to them. Haitian Voodoo is based on the idea of healing and exploring one’s connection with oneself, others and God. Those who practice Voodoo believe that there is a visible and an invisible world, and that these worlds are intertwined. Death is a transition to the invisible world, so our predecessors are still with us in spirit. They watch over and inspire us. Voodoo in New Orleans Due to Atlantic slave trade and Haitian Revolution, Voodoo practitioners rooted in New Orleans underwent series of transformation. Over time, American culture became fascinated by this mysterious tradition and began to depict it in movies and books as sensationalized horror. The film White Zombie (1932) changed the image of Voodoo worldwide as it brought the concept of pinned dolls which wasn’t traced in the original vodun religion. A series of movies created a mythology that we have taken as truth, portraying the concept of Voodoo as devil-worship, evil witchcraft and black magic. Tourists in New Orleans were attracted to the concept of dark energy and locals found a great business idea in that attraction. They started amusing people with stories of Black magic and New Orleans soon had a market selling pinned dolls. It’s been said that Voodoo is essentially to spread goodness in mankind but at times people try to engage with dark energy. Otú ọ dị, Voodoo followers believe in the theory that whatever you do, will be done to you. Ya mere, playing physically with energy and spirits to harm people is looked down upon by Voodoo practitioners. Here is an interesting video showing similarities between different spiritual systems and Voodoo. Article Sources BBC News , National Geographic News , Society, Religion and Spirituality , Religion Dispatches Image Sources Voodoo Spirits , Voodoo’s Python , Voodoo ceremony in Benin , Voodoo dance ceremony Slave trade in Africa, Slave route , Haitian voodoo ceremony ,Haitian voodoo New Orleans Voodoo , Voodoo dolls
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Mitovi o Voodoo, Alkoholna pića i Black Magic Što mislite o Voodoo ili Vodun kao što je točnije poznati? Mnogi misle o Voodoo kao kult koji se bavi crnom magijom isključivo uzrokovati zlo – zabodena lutke, kletve, zli duhovi, čarobnjaci itd. Puno informacija prikazuje u filmovima, TV emisije, Knjige u popularnoj kulturi o Voodoo je netočna i sensationalized koji je stvorio niz bajka priča u ljudskoj svijesti. Voodoo nije morbidno praksa namjeru povrijediti ili kontrole drugih, u stvari, to nije ista svugdje. Voodoo također napisane kao vudu, Vodoun ili znanje društvo postoji je tradicionalna religija stara koliko i 10,000 godine koji je nastao u obalnoj zapadnoj Africi. Širenje Voodoo kao religiju ili prakse diljem svijeta je zanimljiva priča, koja također govori o negativnim slike povezane s Voodoo, ali prije rasvjetljavanju da, Pogledajmo u temeljnim vjerovanjima Voodoo kao religije i kulture. Voodoo u Beninu Voodoo potječe iz Benina, Zapadna Afrika, gdje milijuni ljudi ga smatraju način života. Sljedbenici Voodoo vjeruje u postojanje vrhovnog sile i "Voodoo" ovdje stoji za 'Velikog Duha ". Oni vjeruju da je dobri duh je put snažnije od lošeg duha i tako oni traže vodstvo od dobrog duha da žive svoje živote. Fenomen zove duhove za vodstvo i blagoslov je ono što oni nazivaju "bijeli ili Good čaroliju". To je fascinantno je znati da, iako oni vjeruju u životinjskom žrtvom učinio probuditi duhove, oni i dalje obožavaju životinje. Poput Python (zmija) smatra sveto i klanjali u Beninu. Vjeruje se da onaj tko ubije pitona će na kraju imati tragične smrti. Voodoo u Beninu, Također je o klanjao elemente prirode i godišnji ples i kulture festival promiče mir i sklad. Glazba uključuje ritmičko sondiranje glasne bubnjeva i ples je uglavnom izraz nečije duhovne povezanosti s božanskim. Voodoo sljedbenici vjeruju u energije i duha, a praktički žive svoje živote s dobrom namjerom. Ti ljudi nisu uključeni u bilo kakve zloupotrebama kao percipira svijet u cjelini i uzrokuje bol kroz Voodoo je protiv njihove morala. Dok su neki praktikanti svakako uključe u tamniju stranu Voodoo, Sama religija nije tamna. Umjesto, Voodoo je više kao neutralna snaga koja prolazi kroz svemir. Voodoo se može koristiti za dobro ili zlo, ovisno o srca, um, i cilj osobe corralling Voodoo silu. Afrička Slave Trgovina na Haitiju Istina je da je Voodoo je religija na Haitiju. Me?utim, postoji ružna povijest iza porobljavanja voodoo sljedbenika iz Benina na Haitiju i ostalih mjesta u Americi. Iz 16th na 19th stoljeća Benin je bio jedan od glavnih ciljeva u trgovaca robljem i ljudi Benin brutalno su prevezeni u Ameriku kroz bolan proces. Ova pojava poznata je kao Atlantic trgovine robljem i transatlantske trgovine robljem. Voodoo na Haitiju Ljudi porobljeni su bili značajno visoki u broju i iako su napravili da se runde oko stabla nekoliko puta zaboraviti svoje živote za trgovce, su uspjeli nositi svoju kulturu na različitim mjestima. Oni su uspjeli iskorijeniti i propagirati svoje kulturne prakse, a danas Voodoo je jedan od majorly slijedi religije na Haitiju. Prakse i rituali prošli kroz ogromne promjene s vremenom, ali njihove temeljne uvjerenja ostaju iste, to je da se klanjaju dobar duh i širiti dobrotu. Haićani vjeruju u jedan snažan duh i nazvati “Bonnieux” i dalje dijele Bondieu u tri vrste duhova; Loa duhovi koji se voditi svemir, osim Loa, postoje duhovi koji nisu dobro shvatili, pa čak i pomalo tajanstveni; ti duhovi se ponekad nazivaju "blizanci,"Jer oni predstavljaju kontradiktorne snaga u prirodi, kao što su dobro i zlo, sreća i tuga, zdravlje i bolest, a na kraju su duhovi predaka. Haićani se klanjaju svi ti duhovi u dobroj vjeri u nadi da će to učiniti i za njih. Haićanski Voodoo se temelji na ideji ozdravljenje i upoznavanje nečije veze sa samim sobom, drugi i Bog. Oni koji prakticiraju Voodoo vjerujem da postoji vidljiva i nevidljiva svijeta, i da su ti svjetovi su isprepleteni. Smrt je prijelaz na nevidljivog svijeta, tako da su naši prethodnici su još uvijek s nama u duhu. Oni gledaju preko nas inspiriraju. Voodoo u New Orleansu Zbog Atlantic trgovine robljem i Haitija revolucije, Voodoo praktikanti ukorijenjene u New Orleansu doživio niz preobrazbi. Tijekom vremena, Američka kultura je postao fasciniran tom tajanstvenom tradicije i počela ga prikazuju u filmovima i knjigama kao sensationalized užasa. Film White Zombie (1932) promijenila imidž Voodoo u svijetu kao što je donio koncept zabodena lutke koje nije bilo pratiti u izvornom vodun religije. Niz filmova stvorili mitologiju koje smo uzeli kao istinu, prikazujući koncept Voodoo kao vrag obožavanja, zlo vračanje i crne magije. Turisti u New Orleansu su privučeni koncept tamne energije i mještani otkrili veliku poslovnu ideju u tom atrakcije. Počeli su zabavne ljude s pričama o crnom magijom i New Orleansu prije imala prodaje na tržištu zabodena lutke. To je bio rekao da je Voodoo je bitno širiti dobrotu u ljudima, ali s vremena na vrijeme ljudi pokušavaju da se uključe u tamne energije. Me?utim, Voodoo sljedbenici vjeruju u teoriju da sve što radite, će biti učinjeno za vas. Dakle, igrati fizički energijom i duhova kako bi naštetiti ljudima je pogledao dolje na koju Voodoo praktičara. Ovdje je zanimljiv video koji pokazuje sličnosti između različitih duhovnih sustava i Voodoo. Članak Izvori BBC News , National Geographic News , Društvo, Religija i duhovnost , Religija Otprema Slika Izvori Voodoo Duhovi , Voodoo je Python , Voodoo svečanost u Beninu , Voodoo ples svečanosti Slave trgovina u Africi, Slave rute , Haićanski vudu svečanost ,Haićanski vudu New Orleans Voodoo , Voodoo lutke