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|Question |Response |
|Web site 1 URL: |http://www.athenaresearchgroup.org/voodoo.htm |
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|Name of Indigenous culture/religion presented in Web site | |
| |Voodoo religion is the indigenous religion that I chose for my |
| |first web site. |
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|Consider the examples of roles and observances held sacred by | |
|these people. Is this practice being kept alive? | |
| |Years ago there was a strong belief in Voodoo. Today it is seen |
| |as a fairytale, or a practice that provides no real proof of |
| |existing. It is a tourist attraction now mostly. But still |
| |practiced religiously in rural areas of the new world. |
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