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Tales of an Underground Religion
A dark man dressed in red and white religious garbs sat straight up in a chair with his head forward. His body, possessed by a spirit, while his face lacked emotion. Women followers, clothed in satin spiritual gowns and headscarves, danced and sang songs about “doing work” for the gods in Haitian Creole, as they patiently waited to kneel before him.
Hollywood’s Voodoo
Traces of the voodoo religion have appeared in Hollywood movies giving society a glimpse on how the spiritual practice works. Eve’s Bayou, a movie released in 1997 provides an illustration that closely resembles the Voudon religion. Based in New Orleans, an area well known for Voodoo practitioners, the story’s plot is centered on the Batiste family, particularly Eve Baptiste (JurneeSmollett-Bell) who is the main character of the story.
Ancient Herbology
Many think of technology like pregnancy tests as a modern day invention when in fact Egyptians created a pregnancy test in 1350 B.C. In order to determine if a woman was pregnant, Egyptian herbalists would soak bags of wheat and barley in the woman’s urine. If the woman was pregnant with a male child the wheat would sprout, and if pregnant with a girl child the barley would sprout. The pregnancy test is just one of the many medical advancements borrowed from the Yorubic people of West Africa.
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