HAITI - Les 101 Nations du Vaudou (Voodoo Drums)

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HAITIAN VOODOO



In Haitian Vodou (Sèvis Lwa in Creole or "Service to the Spirits"),

there are strong elements from the Bakongo of Central Africa and the

Igbo and Yoruba of Nigeria, although many different nations of Africa

have representation in the liturgy of the Sèvis Lwa. An often

overlooked yet significant element was that of the Taíno Indians,

venerated as the indigenous population (and hence, a form of ancestors)

of the island now known as Hispaniola. The Taíno contributed considerable

influence to the belief system of Haitian Vodou, most notably the Petro

(Petwo in Creole) sect, a sect of the religion with virtually no

counterpart and origin from the African continent. Characterized by the

aggression of the loas, the sect bears influence from the zemis of

Amerindian folklore. A large and significant portion of Haitian Vodou most

often overlooked by scholars, until recently is the Kongo component. The

entire Northern area of Haiti is especially influenced by Kongo practice.

In the North, it is more often called Kongo Rite or Lemba, from the Lemba

rites of the Loango area and Mayombe. In the south, Kongo influence is

called Petwo (Petro). Many loas or lwas (also a Kikongo term) are of Kongo

origin such as Basimbi, Lemba, etc.



Haitian creole forms of Vodou exist in Haiti, the Dominican Republic,

parts of Cuba, the United States, and other places that Haitian immigrants

dispersed to over the years. However, it is important to note that the Vodun

religion (separate from Haitian Vodou) existed in the United States, having

been brought over by West Africans enslaved in America, specifically from

the Ewe, Fon, Mina, Kabaye, and Nago groups. Some of its more enduring forms

still exist in the Gullah Islands. There is a re-emergence of these Vodun

traditions in America, which maintains the same ritual and cosmological

elements as is practiced in West Africa. These and other African-diasporic

religions such as Lukumi or Regla de Ocha (also known as Santería) in Cuba,

Candomblé and Umbanda in Brazil, all religions that evolved among descendants

of transplanted Africans in the Americas.



(Wikipedia)



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