Jouk jounnen jodi,ti nèg ou ta konprann ki edike ,ap voye pye ak toya kont Vodou.Yon relijyon ke plis ke 100 milyon moun nan Amerik lan pratike.Haiti,Kiba,Brezil,elatriye.
Fòk nou pa bliye,Afriken-Ameriken.
Wi se pa Lwizan sèlman yo pratike Vodou,yo pratike nan anpil kote nanEta Georgia,nan Pine Islands (South Carolina) e yon kote nan S. Carolina yo rele Little Africa.
Pou ti nèg ki ap kritike Relijyon Vodou,petèt se pa iyorans.
Se konsa mwen te tonbe sou yon Chita Tande ant Dr Austin Ogunsuyi ,yon sosyolog Nijeryen ak Dr Mamaissi Vivian Odelelelasi Dansi Hounon.
Dr Vivian O.Dansi se yon Mamaissi (yon Mambo) nan relijyon Vodun.Li se pwofesè "African Philosophy"
Li rete nan Augusta ,Georgia.
Men Chita Tande an:
1-Dr Ogunsuyi
What do you regard as the unique structure of the VODUN?
MAMAISSI VIVIAN
Unlike the strict parameters that are drawn in Western religions between the secular and the non secular worlds,Vodoun is a Tradition that is all encompassing in all aspects of one's life.From the temporal to the spectacular.From pre-birth to the after-life,the Vodoun is all intrinsic in all aspects of one's life.
2-Dr OGUNSUYI
What is the relationship between Vodun and Voodoo.Are they one and the same thing?
MAMAISSI VIVIAN
The relationship is largely one of regional ,linguistic,cultural ,ethnic and even political variations in both its spelling and meaning.In the FON language ,the word "Vodou" simply means "Spirit".The word "Spirit" simply is a term used to describe the specialized Nature divinities served in the "Vodoun" tradition.This is the term and meaning that the majority in the west are familiar with.
However in the EWE language the word "Vudu" not only des cribes the divinities of NATURE,but the entire philosophical and metaphysical essence of the African's existence,and their relationship with both the world of matter and how it interacts with the world of the spirit.This world is viewed as both divine and efficacious,in which the quality of life is predicated upon maintaining a harmonious balance between the two.
When the africans were transported to the New World ,the religion became considerably maligned and actively suppressed by the colonial government.This was because the Vodou's philosophical and political structure and cultural manifestation emphasized the warrior gods who sustained and directly aided the africans in their numerous slave rebellions and ultimately their freedom from the brutal system of chattel slavery forced upon them.
Unfortunately,Vodou's image was controlled by the media of these respective colonial governments and their orthodox religious clergy whom presented it as something "dark,evil and subversive".It is also they who coined the spelling "Voodoo".
Nevertheless ,Vodou's meaning and hidden pratice by the African Diaspora continued to symbolize their active resistance to oppression,as well as aspecial intimacy with Africa,their ancestors and the gods that would not leave their blood.
3-Dr OGUNSUYI
What is the origin of Vodoun
MAMAISSI VIVIAN DANSI
To begin with,most in the west have been taught to attribute both Vodoun's existence and subsequent development exclusively to the FON,a west african ethnic group who inhabit the country of BENIN (The former Dahomean Kingdom)in West Africa and later to Haiti upon its arrival in the New world.
In truth,there were more than 35 differents ethnic groups in West africa extending as far as Southwest Senegal (ancient Ghana) to ABEOKUTAinNIGERIA,who are responsible for the development of the VODUN religion.
From the MINA,EWE,FON,GUA,TCHAMBA,ADJA,YORUBA,NAGO,GOUN,HOL LI,and AIZO to the MAHI,BARIBA,PHILA-PHILA,ASANTE,ANLO-WE,TANEKA,DINDI,PEULH,ALL CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT LATER CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE VODOUN RELIGION.Further the Fon were not the major group.It is the Ewe of Togo of whom the FON are a subgroup ,who actually introducedthe word "Vudu".
Additionally ,another popular misconceptionregarding Vodun's origin is that it was developed in Haiti when African slaves were transported to the New World.And that it owes its very existence to the consorting of the various indigenous Indians,Christian europeansand other non-African populations who settled in Haiti.However it is important to acknowledge that Haiti has only been an independant republic since 1804,and some anthropologists HAVE ESTIMATED VODUN TO BE AS MUCH AS 10000 (TEN THOUSANDS) YEARS OLD.
Though the above facts might appear minor,this historical omission is important to correct ,because to attribute Vodoun's origin and development exclusively to Haiti,is to deny the direct ancestral spirit and ethnic lineages of the millions of africans brought to the New World carrying the Vodoun in their blood,who are not native to,nor ancestrlly linked to Haiti.
MY OWN GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDPARENTS WHO WERE PRIESTS IN THE VODOUN,but are not of Haitian descent are an example of this.
Undoubtedly ,the Vodoun tradition was already well established ,completely developed and a widely practiced religion prior to its arrival to Haiti.It is also the official religion in BENIN,the only African country that still proudly recognizes its Traditional Religion,as opposed to a western faith imposed on most african republics in order to legitimizethemselves as a civilized nation.
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