Louisiana Voodoo, also known as New Orleans Voodoo is a term that is used for a form of the Voodoo spirituality which historically developed within the French- and Louisiana Creole French-speaking African-American population of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Voodoo (Vodou, Vodoun, Vudu, or Vudun in Benin, Togo, southeastern Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Senegal; also Vodou in Haiti) is a name attributed to a traditionally uten West African spiritual system of faith and ritual practices. ... Louisiana Creole French (Kreyol Lwiziyen) is a French-based creole spoken in Louisiana. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W...

An oft-mentioned historical figure in Louisiana Voodoo is Marie Laveau. Alleged portrait of Marie Laveau, which hangs in the Louisiana State Library in the Cabildo. ...

History

Louisiana Voodoo is often confused with - but is not completely separable from - Haitian Vodou and southeastern U.S. hoodoo. While it generally shares the same loa as Haitian Vodou, it lays a generally greater emphasis upon folk magic (as does hoodoo). This emphasis has become a spiritocultural marker for southern, Francophone Louisiana within the Western media, as it was through Louisiana Voodoo that such terms as gris-gris and voodoo dolls were introduced into the American lexicon. Voodoo redirects here. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... LOA could stand for: Library of America, a famous American publisher Length Over All, commonly used to indicate maximum hull length of a vessel. ... Gris-gris is an African talisman, amulet or incantation made of jewery that protects the wearer from evil. ... A large sequined voodoo banner by the artist George Valris The term Voodoo (Vodun in Benin; also Vodou or other phonetically equivalent spellings in Haiti; Vudu in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based Theist-Animist religious tradition. ...

In modern times, it has faced substantial derision from the Protestant Christian contingent of southern Louisiana's African-American population, as voodoo and folk magic have been portrayed as both evil and Satanic.

Katrina

With the destruction wrought on New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands of individuals, including many Louisiana Voodoo practitioners, were driven to many different parts of the United States.^[1] Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... The Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America. ...

See also

• Vodou, for the Haitian tradition
• Voodoo, for a general overview of the spirituality

Voodoo redirects here. ... Voodoo (Vodou, Vodoun, Vudu, or Vudun in Benin, Togo, southeastern Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Senegal; also Vodou in Haiti) is a name attributed to a traditionally uten West African spiritual system of faith and ritual practices. ...

References

1. ^ NPR - Katrina Disperses New Orleans' Voodoo Community

External Links

• New Orleans Voodoo Crossroads
• House of Voodoo, New Orleans, Louisiana
• New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum