Officially Haiti is a Catholic country with a small, but growing protestant

minority. The true religion of Haiti is voodoo. Voodoo has dominated Haitian history

from the beginning when French brought seven million people from Africa to the

Caribbean in bondage. In 1791 these Africans began the only successful national slave

revolt in history. In 1804, they succeeded in creating the world’s first black republic: the

only one in the world where all citizens were free. After their success, they began to

practice voodoo as a way of appreciation towards their gods for their freedom.

The Most Basic Concepts of voodoo

1.There is one God, Bondye. This God is very similar to the God of Islam, Judaism and

2.There are two important categories of other spirituals:*Loa. These are the various

spirits of family members; the spirits of the major forces of the universe—good, bad, evil,

reproduction, health, all aspects of daily life. Loa mount people now and agai

body for a time. When the Loa come the person is gone. (It is not clear where the person

God.

activities probably make up 60% of all voodoo activity. Healers heal with herbs, faith

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