7.3 Earthquake hits Haiti; Tsunami feared

[epchick]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

But doesn't vodou have quite a few Roman Catholic elements to it? At least that is what i remember reading a while back.

Voodoo doesn't have Catholicism mixed in at all, it is its own entity. Voodoo came over with the African tribes during the times of slavery.

What the Haitians (and also Cubans, etc) do is mix the two. For example, some Cubans practice Santeria which is a mixture of Voodoo and Catholicism. I suspect many Haitians do the same, and have their own name for it.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by epchick

Voodoo doesn't have Catholicism mixed in at all, it is its own entity. Voodoo came over with the African tribes during the times of slavery.

What the Haitians (and also Cubans, etc) do is mix the two. For example, some Cubans practice Santeria which is a mixture of Voodoo and Catholicism. I suspect many Haitians do the same, and have their own name for it.

Many Haitians do do the same, and they call it Vodou. The name distinction is not Voodoo and something else (like Santaria), it's West African Vodun and Haitian Vodou. (Vodun and Vodou both became Voodoo in English.)

And DS, you're right to blame James Bond.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Many Haitians do do the same, and they call it Vodou. The name distinction is not Voodoo and something else (like Santaria), it's West African Vodun and Haitian Vodou. (Vodun and Vodou both became Voodoo in English.)

One of the few subjects I'm pretty well versed in and you beat me to it.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

One of the few subjects I'm pretty well versed in and you beat me to it.

Sorry.

I can go back and delete my post and then you can beat me to it.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Many Haitians do do the same, and they call it Vodou.

do do vodou. who do vodou.

the end.