The religion of vodou (or voodoo) originated in what country?
Haitian Vodou drumming Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou"" – Various Artists – Smithsonian Folkways Records ""Vodou: Ritual Possession of the Dead"" – Various Artists – Interra Records ""Haiti: Music Of The Voodoo Cult"" – Pierre Chariza – Buda Musique ""Prepare"" - Frisner Augustin and Makandal - La Troupe Makandal, Inc. ""Se nou ki la!"" - Chouk Bwa Libète - Buda Musique Haitian Vodou drumming Vodou drumming and ceremonies are inextricably linked in Haiti. While drumming does exist in other contexts in the country, by far the richest traditions come from this distinctly Haitian religion. As such, before one can come to play,
Haitian Vodou are many used orthographies for this word. Today, the spelling "Vodou" is the most commonly accepted orthography in English. Other potential spellings include "Vodoun", "vaudou", and "voodoo", with "vau-" or "vou-" prefix variants reflecting French orthography, and a final "-n" reflecting the nasal vowel in West African or older, non-urbanized, Haitian Creole pronunciations. The spelling "voodoo", once very common, is now generally avoided by Haitian practitioners and scholars when referring to the Haitian religion. This is both to avoid confusion with Louisiana Voodoo, a related but distinct set of religious practices, as well as to separate Haitian Vodou from the