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vo·doun

or vo·dun  (vō-do͞on′)
n.
See voodoo.

[Haitian Creole, from Ewe vodu or Fon vodun.]
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vodun

(vəʊˈdʌn)
n
(Other Non-Christian Religions) another name for voodoo
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(8) The best example I can draw on, unrelated to gender specifically but clearly illustrative of syncretism and adaptation is the emergence of vodun, santeria and candomble as blends of Catholicism and African religions when the latter was outlawed under periods of colonial slavery in the Haiti, Cuba and Brazil.
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