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Meanings of vodun in English

Russian
вуду
Portuguese
vodum
Spanish
munecas vudú
Catalan
vudú
Wikidata

Term for the West African Vodun and the closely related religions of the African Diaspora.

вуду
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Examples for "voodoo"
Examples for "voodoo"
1
We traveled outside New York and visited witches and voodoo people too.
Beastly
2
This morning, their area of expertise had seemed as exotic as voodoo.
Phantoms
3
Had I incurred some sort of vacation voodoo I wasn't aware of?
Beautiful Bitch
4
And Madame Delacroix is one of the best voodoo witches there is.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
5
He's still grinning, making some kind of voodoo symbol with his hands.
Devil Bones
1
Haitian Vodou became a religion with rebellion and freedom at its heart.
The Guardian
2
Most recently, Disney's Princess and the Frog misrepresented certain aspects of Vodou.
Ebony
3
Here, Vodou defies cliches of zombies, pins in dolls and black magic.
The Guardian
4
Vodou is still something many Haitians, including the diaspora, keep underground.
The Guardian
5
Throughout history, Christians have often identified Vodou as the root of all Haiti's problems.
The Guardian
1
Even the houngans are mostly women now -you have vodoun here too, yes?
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
1
There are many elements that contribute to Haiti's rich culture and Voodoo (also spelled Vodou and Voudou) is definitely one of them.
Reuters
Usage of vodun in English
1
Does that mean you were taken over by some vodun spirit or a Communist telepath or an archetype from the collective unconscious?
Pandemonium
2
The zombie of superstition is an element of the Haitian Vodun cult; a human being whose soul has been stolen by magic.
Immortality Inc.