Hoodoo (spirituality)
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Hoodoo is a complex set of spiritual observances, traditions, and beliefs—including magical and other ritual practices—developed by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United States from variou
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During the slave trade, the majority of Central Africans imported to New Orleans, Louisiana, were Bakongo people. This image was painted in 1886 and shows African Americans in New Orleans performing dances from Africa in Congo Square. Congo Square was where African Americans practiced Voodoo and Hoodoo.
Honey jars or sweetening jars are a tradition in Hoodoo to sweeten a person or a situation in a person's favor. Traditionally, sugar water is used.
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Juju
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Juju is a spiritual belief system and group of associated practices incorporating the use of ritual objects, such as amulets and spells, affiliated with religious observances in central West Africa, n
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…and mooyo in the Kikongo language. Juju bags are believed to have an origin amongst the Hausa people in Nigeria and Niger. The use of the Hausa word juju later became prevalent across other countries to which the ethnic group immigrated. Yvonne Chireau stated, "Hoodoo is an African American-based tradition…
An 1850 illustration of a "Jujuh house" on the Bight of Benin showing fetishised skulls and bones