Meanings of vodou in English

Haitian Vodou became a religion with rebellion and freedom at its heart.

Most recently, Disney's Princess and the Frog misrepresented certain aspects of Vodou.

Here, Vodou defies cliches of zombies, pins in dolls and black magic.

Vodou is still something many Haitians, including the diaspora, keep underground.

Throughout history, Christians have often identified Vodou as the root of all Haiti's problems.

No push to spread Vodou ever wiped out entire "savage" indigenous peoples.

Vodou has caused no wars due to a desire to convert as many people as possible.

Ricardo is cautiously optimistic: one day, Vodou may be a catalyst for a more inclusive Haiti.

As a composer, he creates dramatic, multilayered tunes which twist and turn rhythmically, inspired by Haitian Vodou drumming.

Vodou is not a bad thing.

Vodou, a New World religion that married elements of Catholicism with African animism-mysticism, disconcerted and sometimes frightened the French.

Slowly, but surely more Vodou and similar traditions are being brought to the light, where they have always belonged.

The bastardization of Vodou as a formal religion makes its entré into popular culture with the appearance of W.B.

In fear of a rival power base, the church repressing Vodou became a recurring theme in Haitian history, McAlister explains.

Vodou is everywhere in the Caribbean nation, a spiritual system infusing everything from medicine and agriculture to cosmology and arts.

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