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Haitian Vodou or Voodoo is a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Haiti and the Haitian diaspora.
Practitioners are called "vodouists" (French: vodouisants [voduis]) or " servants of the spirits"
Vodouists believe in a distant and unknowable creator god, Bondye. As Bondye does not intercede in
human affairs, vodouists direct their worship toward spirits subservient to Bondy, called loa.
Every loa is responsible for a particular aspect of life, with the dynamic and changing personalities of
each loa reflecting the many possibilities inherent to the aspects of life over which they preside.
In order to navigate daily life, vodouists cultivate personal relationships with the loa through the
presentation of offerings, the creation of personal altars and devotional objects, and participation in
elaborate ceremonies of music, dance, and spirit possession.
Vodou originated in the French slave colony of Saint-Domingue in the 18th century, when African
religious practice was actively suppressed, and enslaved Africans were forced to convert to
Christianity.