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Voodoo in Haiti
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Voodoo in Haiti

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Also known as: “Le Vaudon haïtien”
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  • Alfred Métraux

    Le Vaudon haïtien (1958; Voodoo in Haiti), one of his two books on that island’s culture, presented voodoo as a structured, complex religious system, examined its African origins, and showed its relation to Roman Catholicism in Haiti.

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    Le Vaudon haïtien (1958; Voodoo in Haiti), one of his two books on that island’s culture, presented voodoo as a structured, complex religious system, examined its African origins, and showed its relation to Roman Catholicism in Haiti.

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