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Essay heading: Vodoo as a religion
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There are voodoo Priests and Priestesses’ who pass on the rituals and beliefs of the voodoo religion. (origins of voodoo)
The main purpose of rituals in the voodoo religion is to contact a spirit. They honor the spirit by making designs it the floor made out of flour or cornmeal, purifying rattles and drums, chanting, ritual dancing, and having animal sacrifices...
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The purpose for contacting the spirits is to bring blessings to an event.(B.A.Robinson,2006)
Voodoo is still practiced today, mainly in parts of Africa and Haiti. It is also practiced in some parts of society in America, particularly in New Orleans, Louisiana. Voodoo is thought to be a powerful religion, because it survived religious persecution and slavery...
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