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What (who) is vodun - definition
RELIGION PRACTICED BY THE AJA, EWE, AND FON PEOPLES OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA, AND NIGERIA
Vodun; Voudun; Vodoun; Voudou; Vaudon; Voodoun; Voudon; Vodon; Vodun mythology; Woudon; West African Vodou
![A vodoun market in [[Lomé]], [[Togo]], 2008.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voodo-fetischmarkt-Lomé.jpg?width=200 "A vodoun market in [[Lomé]], [[Togo]], 2008.")
![Vodun altar with several fetishes in [[Abomey]], [[Benin]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voodo-altar.jpg?width=200 "Vodun altar with several fetishes in [[Abomey]], [[Benin]].")
vodun
Vodun art
.jpg?width=200 "''Bocheaw'' in Benin around Abomey 2013")
![1880s Chromolithograph of a Samoan snake charmer, identified as [[Mami Wata]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mami Wata poster.png?width=200 "1880s Chromolithograph of a Samoan snake charmer, identified as [[Mami Wata]]")
![Vodun temple on the Slave Route near The [[Door of No Return, Ouidah]] on the Benin coast](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voodoo Temple (Ouidah, Benin).jpg?width=200 "Vodun temple on the Slave Route near The [[Door of No Return, Ouidah]] on the Benin coast")
![Cyprien Tokoudagba, Voodoo Pantheon (1989). [[Zangbeto]] (with horns, background) and Legba, sitting naked, judging a sinner.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VoodooGroupFreiberg.jpg?width=200 "Cyprien Tokoudagba, Voodoo Pantheon (1989). [[Zangbeto]] (with horns, background) and Legba, sitting naked, judging a sinner.")
ASSOCIATED WITH THE VODON RELIGION OF WEST AFRICA
Asen (vodun)
Vodun art is associated with the West African Vodun religion of Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana. The term is sometimes used more generally for art associated with related religions of West and Central Africa and of the African diaspora in Brazil, the Caribbean and the United States.
voodooism
![cannibalization]] of a child by eight Vodou devotees caused a scandal worldwide and was taken as proof of the evil nature of Vodou.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Affaire de Bizoton 1864.png?width=200 "cannibalization]] of a child by eight Vodou devotees caused a scandal worldwide and was taken as proof of the evil nature of Vodou.")
![Ceremonial suit worn in Haitian Vodou rites, on display in the [[Ethnological Museum of Berlin]], Germany](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antique ceremonial suit for Haitian Vodou Voudun rites.jpg?width=200 "Ceremonial suit worn in Haitian Vodou rites, on display in the [[Ethnological Museum of Berlin]], Germany")
![A ''pakèt kongo'' on display in the [[Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen]] in the Netherlands](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Collectie Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen AM-670-7 Paquet Kongo Haiti Pierot Barra (Vervaardiging).jpg?width=200 "A ''pakèt kongo'' on display in the [[Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen]] in the Netherlands")
![A painting of the lwa Danbala, a serpent, by Haitian artist [[Hector Hyppolite]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Damballah La Flambeau.jpg?width=200 "A painting of the lwa Danbala, a serpent, by Haitian artist [[Hector Hyppolite]].")
![Drummer Frisner Augustin in a Vodou ceremony in [[Brooklyn]], New York City, early 1980s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frisner Augustin drums for a Vodou dance in Brooklyn, early 1980s.jpg?width=200 "Drummer Frisner Augustin in a Vodou ceremony in [[Brooklyn]], New York City, early 1980s.")
![Area of [[West African Vodun]] practice, the religion with the greatest influence on Haitian Vodou](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gbe languages.png?width=200 "Area of [[West African Vodun]] practice, the religion with the greatest influence on Haitian Vodou")
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![A Vodou ceremony taking place in an ounfò in [[Jacmel]], Haiti](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JacmelVodou.jpg?width=200 "A Vodou ceremony taking place in an ounfò in [[Jacmel]], Haiti")
![Vodou paraphernalia for sale at the Marché de Fer (Iron Market) in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PortAuPrinceMarche.jpg?width=200 "Vodou paraphernalia for sale at the Marché de Fer (Iron Market) in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti.")
![A Vodou ceremony taking place at the [[National Black Theatre]] in New York City in 2017](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swearing-in ceremony of Diaspora GwètòDe by Konfederasyon Nasyonal Vodou Ayisyen 07.jpg?width=200 "A Vodou ceremony taking place at the [[National Black Theatre]] in New York City in 2017")
![A Vodou peristyle in [[Croix des Mission]], Haiti, photographed in 1980](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VOODOO PERISTILE Croix des Mission, Haiti 1980.jpg?width=200 "A Vodou peristyle in [[Croix des Mission]], Haiti, photographed in 1980")
![A ''vèvè'' pattern designed to invoke [[Papa Legba]], one of the main lwa spirits worshipped in Haitian Vodou](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VeveLegba.svg?width=200 "A ''vèvè'' pattern designed to invoke [[Papa Legba]], one of the main lwa spirits worshipped in Haitian Vodou")
.jpg?width=200 "Dancing at Vodou ceremony in Port-au-Prince in 1976")
![A selection of ritual items used in Vodou practice on display in the [[Canadian Museum of Civilization]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voodoo exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (8348740026).jpg?width=200 "A selection of ritual items used in Vodou practice on display in the [[Canadian Museum of Civilization]].")
SYNCRETIC RELIGION PRACTICED CHIEFLY IN HAITI AND THE HAITIAN DIASPORA
Sevi Lwa; Invultuation; Voudoun; Vaudoux; Voodou; Voudoo; Voodoo in Haiti; Vaudou; Voodooism; Vondon; Vodu; Haitian voodoo; Vudú; Haitian vodou; Vodouist; Haitian Vodun; Haitian Voodoo; Vodouisant; Haitian vodoun; Haitian Vodoun; Vaudoo; Ginen
see voodoo
Wikipedia
West African Vodun
Vodun (meaning spirit in the Fon, Gun and Ewe languages, pronounced [vodṹ] with a nasal high-tone u; also spelled Vodon, Vodoun, Vodou, Vudu, Voudou, Voodoo, etc.) is a religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria.
Elements of the West African religion have survived and evolved into the current forms of religions with similar names that are found in the New World among the African diaspora in the Americas, such as Haitian Vodou; Louisiana Voodoo; Cuban Vodú; Dominican Vudú, Venezuelan Yuyu, and Brazilian Vodum (Candomblé Jejé and Tambor de Mina).
