Vodou in Benin

Nous, les Haitiens sommes fiers de notre culture africaine et c'est chaque jour qu'on parle de l'Afrique Dahomey en Haiti.Le vaudou n"est pas une religion en Haiti. C'est une culture. Toute la population ne pratique pas le vaudou, mais on est tous conscients de cette culture au pays. Nous avons plusieurs religions,la majorite des Haitiens sont catholiques. Les catholiques pratiquent le vaudou ouvertement. Ceux des autres religions le font en cachette. On salue les ancestres de Dahomey au vodou

I come from Benin. I just want to said that vaudoun is a part of our culture. But not 90%of the population practise Vaudoun. They're others religions ... Don't generalize. Sorry for my English, i speak French.

C'est vraiment bien dit. Soyons fier de notre Culture . La plupart des gens le prenne négativement.

Our ancestors came from Dahomey which is now called Benin. Therefore as Haitians we are descendants of Dahomey Benin people. Benin people look exactly like Haitians, and some words in creole are in the Benin's people language. Haitians practice voodoo the same way as in Benin. We don't have to look further for our roots in Africa.

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I heard that Haitians are the desendants of the people from Benin/Dahomey. they say voodoo originated in benin.

there are different denominations/practices of vodun as there are christianity and islam. Don't put everything in one box.

REALLY EXCISTED OR JUST IS FUN

Bon bagay net

Remember the Ghede even if they where partialy influenced by the Taino arawak people, and the modern spiritist churches can be seen as a sort of evolution of what in africa was the Egun (Egungun I belief is what the society was called) cult.

video dara, eyi pelu-ayisodiko, emi fe li julo temi awon-enia ohun loli amohunmawolan.
eyi abomale alewa.

If you live in New York City, you can go to an Haitian voodoo party in Brooklyn on Saturday March 15 or the following Saturday March 22. This is for the feast of St.Patrick which in voodoo the Haitians celebrated as Dambala. I'm sure there will be many voodoo parties on those 2 dates in the Flatbush area or Canarsie in Brooklyn, New York. You can check some Haitian botanicas in the area and ask the owners if they are having any parties. They will be glad to have you on board. It's interesting.

Thanks!

I went with a British company called Explore but I'm sure you can book their trips in the USA, or in fact anywhere in world. You can book a 'land only' trip and arrange your own flight. I recommend going to Benin for voodoo, especially around January 10th in Ouidah, as that is when/where their big voodoo festival takes place. Check out the trips called 'Voodoo Villages' and 'Cradle of Voodoo'.

I want to go to a voudou festival, how would I arrange that? I'm pretty sure my local travel agency doesn't offer anything like that.