英语单词“Vodun”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 Vodun 释义 Vodunnoun[U](alsovodun)uk

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/?vo?.du?n/aWestAfricanreligionthatinvolvestheworshipof thespiritsofnatureand ofdeadpeople. Itsbeliefsformpartof thevoodooreligionthat iscommoninpartsof theCaribbean,especiallyHaiti, and inpartsof thesouthernUnitedStates:Thewesternworldhas oftenpromotednegativeimagesof Vodun.Voodoois amixofWestAfricanVodun andEuropeanChristianity.Comparevoodoo

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• The word "voodoo" is acorruptionof the word '"vodun"meaning"god" or "spirit" in theWestAfricanFonlanguage.
• Missionaries came toAfricatoconverttheyoungaway from Vodun so that it waseasierfor the Europeans tocolonize.
• Figurespublishedby theOfficeofNationalStatistics show thatspiritualismandpaganismisthriving, and thatbeliefsrangefrom vodun (voodoo) to theNativeAmericanChurch.

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(Definition ofVodunfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/vodun##