Voodoo – when mind attacks body! “ Voodoo (also spelled Vodou) is an ancient West African religion practiced by more than 30 million people in Benin‚ Togo and Ghana. Voodoo varieties are also present in the United States‚ and the Caribbean. The word ‘vodou’ comes from the languages of West Africa‚ and means ‘spirit’. That is appropriate as Voodoo is a religion of spirits. Practitioners of Voodoo (who are called Voodooists) believe that the world of humans is shared by the world of the spirits.
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History Paper on Caribbean Diaspora Decendents of the Caribbean Diaspora are located in the United States‚ Canada‚ United Kingdom and countries that were previously colonial empires. The inhabited islands that are in the Caribbean are not only geographical regions‚ but also regions of the imagination‚ lived cultural experiences and are an interesting study in religious identity as well (Harry:2).” Colonized by European powers from the sixteenth century‚ the Caribbean islands have become a mixture
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Four Theories of Myth There are four basic theories of myth. Those theories are: the rational myth theory‚ functional myth theory‚ structural myth theory‚ and the phsycological myth theory. The rational myth theory states that myths were created to explain natural events and forces. Functional myths are what you call the kinds of myths that were created as a type of social control. The third myth theory is the structural myth theory. This theory says that myths were patterned after
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Relate each of the three music genres that developed on the Texas-Mexican border to its cultural background and the group associated with its widespread acceptance and dissemination. How did it change over time? Corrido The corrido has roots back to Spanish descendents in the 12th century. By the 15th century‚ the style was more developed; but the corrido really emerged after the Mexican-American War in 1846. This style became very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Mexico
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Cultural retention Cultural retention is the act of retaining the culture of a specific ethnic group of people‚ especially when there is reason to believe that the culture‚ through inaction‚ may be lost. Many African-American‚ European and Asian organizations have cultural retention programs in place. African retention in Trinidad and Tobago is an e.g. of cultural retention. THE SUNDAY MARKET The tradition of Sunday markets in Trinidad is a result of the agricultural knowledge
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All around people use myths to describe how the world and life came to be. But some of these myths use information that is used in other myths‚ we call these motifs. Why do you think so many cultures have so many similarities? Did anyone of you ever think why so many myths use similar information even when they were seas away? Scientists have asked themselves this question of so many years‚ why do cultures that were seas away have these similarities? There are some motifs that people see more important
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The Culture Of Trinidad And Tobago Course: Basic Nutrition Due Date: February 10‚ 2014 Trinidad and Tobago was named by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage to the New World on July 31‚ 1498. Today the population is approximately 1.337 million people. These islands are the two southernmost islands in the
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C) The development of systems of productions: Slash and Burn‚ Encomienda‚ Slavery‚ Indentureship‚ the Plantation system. A system of production refers to the way in which an economy is organizes to provide commodities to sustain society. Slash and Burn When the Spaniards arrived the Arawaks and Caribs were producing Agricultural surpluses and trade was mostly organized around feeding and providing for the wants of the community. The arawaks and caribs used a slash and burn technique in their
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January 29‚ 2013 REL 2300 Instructor Jonathan Olson Tricks or Treats for African Children Witchcraft accusations in Africa is still a very serious matter. The witch is culturally understood to be the embodiment of evil and the cause of all misfortune‚ disease and death among the citizens of African countries and their varies communities. Consequently‚ the witch is the most hated person in African society and subjected to punishment‚ torture and even death. The victims of witchcraft accusations in
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Chattel slavery‚ so named because people are treated as the personal property‚ chattels‚ of an owner and are bought and sold as commodities‚ is the original form of slavery. When taking these chattels across national borders it is referred to as Human Trafficking especially when these slaves provide sexual services. Indentureship Indentured laborers were assigned contracts in which they were paid wages to work for a specified period of time. After the contracts expired they were given the option
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