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Creole Voodoo
Voodoo.
Depending on whom you talk to, it ’s a
venerable religion, a sinister cult,
entertainment, a unique slice ofN ew Orleans
history, powerful magic or bunkum.
Ron Bodin
What is Voodoo
Apart from what many people might believe, Voodoo is not a
sinister cult. It has nothing to do with witchcraft or devil worship. It is
nothing that should be feared! Voodoo is a religious faith that came to
New Orleans as a result o f the Afiican slave trade in the early 18th
Century and the Haitian slave rebellion o f 1791, a time during which
many slaves escaped the island and fled to the Americas. Settling in New
Orleans, slaves brought a foreign religion to a city and region whose
French colonizers strictly followed the Catholic faith. In order to
maintain and practice their own religion in a place where the Code Noir
“regulated the Status o f slaves and free blacks,” the original form o f
Voodoo needed to adapt to the enforced regulations (Louisiana’s Code
Noir online). As a result, New Orleans Voodoo, also called Creole
Voodoo, has become a unique blend o f African and Haitian