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VOODOO

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 211 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VOODOO  or VAUDOUX (

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Creole Fr. vaudoux, a
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negro sorcerer, probably originally a
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dialectic
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form of Fr . Vaudois, a Waldensian), the name given to certain magical practices, superstitions and
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secret
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rites prevalent among the negroes of the
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West Indies, and more particularly in the
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Republic of
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Haiti .

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