Vodun

Word VODUN
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Definitions and meanings of "Vodun"

What do we mean by vodun?

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.

Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.

One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.

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The word "vodun" in example sentences

The word is vodun in Creole French, the source of the word voodoo as it is misinterpreted and misrepresented in English and Western thought. ❋ Carlton Pearson (2010)

He mixed mystic populist symbols, such as vodun (voodoo), with brutal repression. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Stories “The Scent of Copper Pennies” and “Jen at the Crossroads” and poem “The God of the Crossroads” — all about the vodun loa Papa Legba, the opener of the way, and all about parallel universes, but more importantly, all about those linchpin moments in life, those choices that change everything forever after; decisions to leave, or stay, or love, or run away. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The combination of all the elements produces unique collages that are evocative of Haitian vodun paintings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They don't believe the Africans have a rite to their obeah and vodun, which if you look closely into them, are the basis for all religion, with me assuming original religion came out of Africa same as man. ❋ The Daily Growler (2006)

Anthropologists have attempted both to highlight and to avoid this stereotype by using a number of terms including vodu, vodun, voudoun, and vodoun. ❋ Wade Davis (1985)

A U.N. Population Fund census taken in 2003 shows: 54. 7% of the population is Roman Catholic, 15. 4% Baptist, 7. 9% Pentecostal, 3% Seventh-day Adventist, and 2. 1% voodoo (vodun). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Blackbeard and vodun magicians whisk everyone away to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth itself awaits. ❋ Jarrod Sarafin (2010)

Shandy’s struggle to accept his new life grounds the story for readers, even as Blackbeard and vodun magicians whisk everyone away to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth itself awaits. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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