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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Voodoo.jpg/225px-Voodoo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Voodoo.jpg/300px-Voodoo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1215" data-file-height="1331" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.2em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding-bottom:0; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Beliefs</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/West_African_Vodun" class="mw-redirect" title="West African Vodun">West African Vodun</a></b></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arar%C3%A1_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Arará religion">Arará religion</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9" title="Candomblé">Candomblé</a> (<a href="/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9_Jej%C3%A9" title="Candomblé Jejé">Jejé</a>)</li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Vod%C3%BA" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban Vodú">Cuban Vodú</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dominican Vudú</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_Vodou" title="Haitian Vodou">Haitian Vodou</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hoodoo_(spirituality)" title="Hoodoo (spirituality)">Hoodoo</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Voodoo" title="Louisiana Voodoo">Louisiana Voodoo</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tambor_de_Mina" title="Tambor de Mina">Tambor de Mina</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Venezuelan Yuyu</li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trinidadian_Vodunu" title="Trinidadian Vodunu">Trinidadian Vodunu</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.2em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding-bottom:0; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Deities</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b>Creators</b></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Damballa" title="Damballa">Damballa</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mawu" title="Mawu">Mawu</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nana_Buluku" title="Nana Buluku">Nana Buluku</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Loa" class="mw-redirect" title="Loa">Loas</a></b></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adjassou-Linguetor" title="Adjassou-Linguetor">Adjassou-Linguetor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Adya_Houn%27t%C3%B2" title="Adya Houn'tò">Adya Houn'tò</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agassou" title="Agassou">Agassou</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Agw%C3%A9" title="Agwé">Agwé</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anaisa_Pye" title="Anaisa Pye">Anaisa Pye</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ayida-Weddo" title="Ayida-Weddo">Ayida-Weddo</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayizan" title="Ayizan">Ayizan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Azaka-Tonnerre" title="Azaka-Tonnerre">Azaka-Tonnerre</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bacalou&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bacalou (page does not exist)">Bacalou</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badessy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Badessy (page does not exist)">Badessy</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baron_Criminel" title="Baron Criminel">Baron Criminel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Baron_Samedi" title="Baron Samedi">Baron Samedi</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belie_Belcan" title="Belie Belcan">Belie Belcan</a></li><li>Boli Shah</li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bossou_Ashadeh" title="Bossou Ashadeh">Bossou Ashadeh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boum%27ba_Maza" title="Boum'ba Maza">Boum'ba Maza</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bugid_Y_Aiba" title="Bugid Y Aiba">Bugid Y Aiba</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Debas" title="Captain Debas">Captain Debas</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clermeil" title="Clermeil">Clermeil</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Petro" title="Dan Petro">Dan Petro</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Dan Wédo</li><li><a href="/wiki/Diable_Tonnere" title="Diable Tonnere">Diable Tonnere</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diejuste" title="Diejuste">Diejuste</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dinclinsin" title="Dinclinsin">Dinclinsin</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erzulie" title="Erzulie">Erzulie</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Filomez" title="Filomez">Filomez</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guede" class="mw-redirect" title="Guede">Guede</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%A9d%C3%A9-Double" class="mw-redirect" title="Guédé-Double">Guede-Double</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guede_L%27Orage" title="Guede L'Orage">Guede L'Orage</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%A9d%C3%A9-Linto" title="Guédé-Linto">Guede-Linto</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guede_Nibo" title="Guede Nibo">Guede Nibo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gran_Ma%C3%AEtre" class="mw-redirect" title="Gran Maître">Gran Maître</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Danger" title="Joseph Danger">Joseph Danger</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guinee_(mythology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guinee (mythology) (page does not exist)">Guinee</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papa_Legba" title="Papa Legba">Legba</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mademoiselle_Charlotte" title="Mademoiselle Charlotte">Mademoiselle Charlotte</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Mait' Carrefour (see: <a href="/wiki/Kalfu" title="Kalfu">Kalfu</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Maman_Brigitte" title="Maman Brigitte">Maman Brigitte</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marassa_Jumeaux" title="Marassa Jumeaux">Marassa</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Marassa_Jumeaux" title="Marassa Jumeaux">Marassa Jumeaux</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marinette_(loa)" title="Marinette (loa)">Marinette</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%AEtresse_D%C3%A9lai" title="Maîtresse Délai">Maîtresse Délai</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%AEtresse_Hounon%27gon" title="Maîtresse Hounon'gon">Maîtresse Hounon'gon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mombu" title="Mombu">Mombu</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mounanchou" class="mw-redirect" title="Mounanchou">Mounanchou</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Shango" title="Shango">Shango</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ogun" title="Ogun">Ogun</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Papa_Legba" title="Papa Legba">Papa Legba</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pie_(loa)" title="Pie (loa)">Pie</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Simbi" title="Simbi">Simbi</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sobo_(deity)" title="Sobo (deity)">Sobo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sousson-Pannan" title="Sousson-Pannan">Sousson-Pannan</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ti_Jean_Petro" title="Ti Jean Petro">Ti Jean Petro</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ti_Jean_Quinto" title="Ti Jean Quinto">Ti Jean Quinto</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ti_Malice_and_Bouki" title="Ti Malice and Bouki">Ti Malice and Bouki</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td 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href="/wiki/Captaincy_General_of_Santo_Domingo" title="Captaincy General of Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a> on the island of <a href="/wiki/Hispaniola" title="Hispaniola">Hispaniola</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Vud%C3%BA&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the 16th-century, there were uprisings against the slave owners and <a href="/wiki/Maroons" title="Maroons">Maroon</a> villages were built (also known in other parts of the continent as quilombos or manieles). </p><p>But many other blacks continued under the system of colonial oppression. They were forbidden to express their religious beliefs, among other restrictions. The authority of the owner or boss of the plantation where the slaves were forced to work extended to their spirituality. The process of evangelization in the colonies would not allow them to freely express their beliefs and they were forced to observe Catholic customs. In the Counter-Reformation Church – in opposition to Lutheran ideas – the cult of saints and their images became fundamental in the ritual and indoctrination of Catholicism.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beliefs">Beliefs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Vud%C3%BA&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Beliefs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anaisa_Pye" title="Anaisa Pye">Anaisa Pye</a>, the Misterio or lwa of love and happiness. She is syncretized with <a href="/wiki/Saint_Anne" title="Saint Anne">St. Anne, mother of Mary</a>. Her feast day is July 26.<sup id="cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belie_Belcan" title="Belie Belcan">Belie Belcan</a>, the Loa of justice and protection against demons. He is syncretized with <a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">St. Michael, the Archangel</a>. His feast day is September 29.<sup id="cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Candelo sé Difé, Loa of fire, also a warrior and protector spirit. Considered to be one of the Ogou, syncretized with <a href="/wiki/St._Charles_Borromeo" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Charles Borromeo">St. Charles Borromeo</a>. His feast day is November 4.<sup id="cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Santa Marta Dominadora, or Filomena Lubana, the Loa responsible for dominion over men. She is syncretized with <a href="/wiki/Martha_of_Bethany" class="mw-redirect" title="Martha of Bethany">St. Martha</a>. Her feast day is July 29.<sup id="cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogun" title="Ogun">Ogun Balenyo</a>, the Loa of warriors and soldiers. He is syncretized with <a href="/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee" class="mw-redirect" title="James, son of Zebedee">Santiago</a> (St. James). His feast day is July 25.<sup id="cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baron_Samedi" title="Baron Samedi">Baron</a>, the Loa of death. He is syncretized with <a href="/wiki/Elijah_(prophet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elijah (prophet)">San Elías</a> (St. Elijah). His feast day is November 2.<sup id="cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Metresili, the Loa of love, beauty, and wealth. She is syncretized with the <i><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Sorrows" title="Our Lady of Sorrows">Mater Dolorosa</a></i> (Our Lady of Dolors).</li> <li>Santa Barbara Africana or <a href="/wiki/Ezili_Dantor" title="Ezili Dantor">Ezili Dantor</a>, The main loa (or lwa) or senior spirit of the Petro family. She is syncretized with <a href="/wiki/Black_Madonna" title="Black Madonna">Black Madonna</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Vud%C3%BA&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dominican_Republic,_1871)-_Superestitious_burial_ceremony_in_the_Capilla_del_Rosario_-_a_remnant_of_the_city_of_Nueva_Isabella,_opposite_Santo_Domingo_City_LCCN2003655461.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Dominican_Republic%2C_1871%29-_Superestitious_burial_ceremony_in_the_Capilla_del_Rosario_-_a_remnant_of_the_city_of_Nueva_Isabella%2C_opposite_Santo_Domingo_City_LCCN2003655461.jpg/300px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Dominican_Republic%2C_1871%29-_Superestitious_burial_ceremony_in_the_Capilla_del_Rosario_-_a_remnant_of_the_city_of_Nueva_Isabella%2C_opposite_Santo_Domingo_City_LCCN2003655461.jpg/450px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Dominican_Republic%2C_1871%29-_Superestitious_burial_ceremony_in_the_Capilla_del_Rosario_-_a_remnant_of_the_city_of_Nueva_Isabella%2C_opposite_Santo_Domingo_City_LCCN2003655461.jpg/600px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1226" /></a><figcaption>Depiction of burial ceremony, c. 1871</figcaption></figure> <p>Dominican Vudú is practiced through a "Tcha-Tcha" (<i><a href="/wiki/Maraca" title="Maraca">Maraca</a></i>—which means "rattle") lineage.<sup id="cite_ref-las21_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-las21-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Haiti, Voodoo has come about and become more popular through another lineage known as the "Asson". However, before the "Asson", the "Tcha-Tcha" lineage was the prominent lineage in Haiti. Thus the "Tcha-Tcha" lineage is one of the oldest lineages within the Voodoo tradition all over the island.<sup id="cite_ref-las21_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-las21-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dominican Vudú practitioners are often called <i>Caballos</i> ('Horses'), <i>Brujos</i> ('Witch doctors'), or <i>Servidores</i> ('Servants'), but they are also known as <i>Papa Bokos</i> and <i>Papa Loa</i> (priest); and <i>Mama Mambos</i> and <i>Mama Loa</i> (priestess). One who has obtained this title has gone through the last and highest level of initiation which can take anywhere between three and nine days and nights as well as have spent a time working for the community.<sup id="cite_ref-las21_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-las21-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Vud%C3%BA&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://acento.com.do/cultura/religiosidad-popular-el-sistema-de-sustitucion-en-el-vudu-dominicano-7298.html#amp_tf=From%20%251$s&aoh=17295346839770&referrer=https://www.google.com&ampshare=https://acento.com.do/cultura/religiosidad-popular-el-sistema-de-sustitucion-en-el-vudu-dominicano-7298.html">"Religiosidad popular: El sistema de sustitución en el vudú dominicano"</a>. <i>Acento</i> (in Spanish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Acento&rft.atitle=Religiosidad+popular%3A+El+sistema+de+sustituci%C3%B3n+en+el+vud%C3%BA+dominicano&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Facento.com.do%2Fcultura%2Freligiosidad-popular-el-sistema-de-sustitucion-en-el-vudu-dominicano-7298.html%23amp_tf%3DFrom%2520%25251%24s%26aoh%3D17295346839770%26referrer%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%26ampshare%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Facento.com.do%2Fcultura%2Freligiosidad-popular-el-sistema-de-sustitucion-en-el-vudu-dominicano-7298.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADominican+Vud%C3%BA" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto,_1940–1995_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTejeda_Ortiz,_Dagoberto1940–1995" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Tejeda Ortiz, Dagoberto (1940–1995). <i>Religiosidad popular dominicana y psiquiatría</i> (in Spanish). <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/35839523">35839523</a>.</cite><span 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(Vodou)">Mambo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoodoo_(spirituality)" title="Hoodoo (spirituality)">Hoodoo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kongo_religion" title="Kongo religion">Kongo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_foot_powder" title="Hot foot powder">Hot foot powder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz_funeral" title="Jazz funeral">Jazz funeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kromanti_dance" title="Kromanti dance">Kromanti dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macumba" title="Macumba">Macumba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michari" title="Michari">Michari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojo_(African-American_culture)" title="Mojo (African-American culture)">Mojo bag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myal" title="Myal">Myal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_nights" title="Nine nights">Nine nights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obeah" title="Obeah">Obeah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirituals" title="Spirituals">Spirituals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veve" title="Veve">Veve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voodoo_doll" title="Voodoo doll">Voodoo doll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zombie" title="Zombie">Zombie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BFEAF9;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religious_syncretism" title="Religious syncretism">Diverse roots</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alusi" class="mw-redirect" title="Alusi">Alusi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odinala" title="Odinala">Igbo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianity in the Americas">Christianity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occultism" class="mw-redirect" title="Occultism">Western occultism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_witchcraft" title="European witchcraft">European witchcraft folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/If%C3%A1" title="Ifá">Ifá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongo_religion" title="Kongo religion">Kongo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nkisi" title="Nkisi">Nkisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bantu_spirituality" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu spirituality">Bantu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loa" class="mw-redirect" title="Loa">Loa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dahomean_religion" title="Dahomean religion">Fon and Ewe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">Orisha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_religion" title="Yoruba religion">Yoruba</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rastafari" title="Rastafari">Rastafari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winti" title="Winti">Winti</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akan_religion" title="Akan religion">Akan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zemi" title="Zemi">Zemi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_religions" 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Americas">Americas</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Latin_Americans" title="Afro–Latin Americans">Latin America</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BFEAF9;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_people" title="Afro-Caribbean people">Caribbean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Anguillians" title="Afro-Anguillians">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Antiguans_and_Barbudans" title="Afro–Antiguans and Barbudans">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Arubans" title="Afro-Arubans">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Bahamians" title="Afro-Bahamians">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Barbadians" title="Afro-Barbadians">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Bermudians" title="Black Bermudians">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Caymanians" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Caymanians">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Cubans" title="Afro-Cubans">Cuba</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arar%C3%A1" title="Arará">Arará</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdeans_in_Cuba" title="Cape Verdeans in Cuba">Cape Verdean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganga-Longoba" title="Ganga-Longoba">Ganga-Longoba</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Cura%C3%A7aoans" title="Afro-Curaçaoans">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Dominicans_(Dominica)" title="Afro-Dominicans (Dominica)">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Dominicans" title="Afro-Dominicans">Dominican Republic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cocolo" title="Cocolo">Cocolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saman%C3%A1_Americans" title="Samaná Americans">Samaná Americans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Grenadians" title="Afro-Grenadians">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Haitians" title="Afro-Haitians">Haiti</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marabou_(ethnicity)" title="Marabou (ethnicity)">Marabou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maroons#Haiti" title="Maroons">Marron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Jamaicans" title="Afro-Jamaicans">Jamaica</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coromantee" title="Coromantee">Coromantee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_people_in_Jamaica" title="Igbo people in Jamaica">Igbos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Maroons" title="Jamaican Maroons">Jamaican Maroons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Puerto_Ricans" title="Afro–Puerto Ricans">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Kittitians_and_Nevisians" title="Afro–Kittitians and Nevisians">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Saint_Lucians" title="Afro–Saint Lucians">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Vincentians" title="Afro-Vincentians">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garifuna" title="Garifuna">Garifuna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Trinidadians_and_Tobagonians" title="Afro–Trinidadians and Tobagonians">Trinidad and Tobago</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dougla_people" title="Dougla people">Dougla people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merikins" title="Merikins">Merikins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Turks_and_Caicos_Islanders" title="Afro–Turks and Caicos Islanders">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BFEAF9;;width:1%">Central<br />America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belizean_Creole_people" title="Belizean Creole people">Belize</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garifuna" title="Garifuna">Garifuna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Costa_Ricans" title="Afro–Costa Ricans">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Salvadorans" title="Afro-Salvadorans">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Guatemalans" title="Afro-Guatemalans">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Hondurans" title="Afro-Hondurans">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miskito_people" title="Miskito people">Miskito people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miskito_Sambu" title="Miskito Sambu">Miskito Sambu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Nicaraguans" title="Afro-Nicaraguans">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Panamanians" title="Afro-Panamanians">Panama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cimarron_people_(Panama)" title="Cimarron people (Panama)">Cimarrón</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BFEAF9;;width:1%">North<br />America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Canadians" title="Black Canadians">Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Canada" title="African Americans in Canada">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Mennonites" title="Black Mennonites">Black Mennonites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Black_Canadians" title="Indigenous Black Canadians">Indigenous Black Canadians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Canadians_in_New_Brunswick" title="Black Canadians in New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Nova_Scotians" title="Black Nova Scotians">Nova Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Canadians_in_Ontario" title="Black Canadians in Ontario">Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_immigration_to_Canada" title="African immigration to Canada">African immigrants</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Mexicans" title="Afro-Mexicans">Mexico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mascogos" title="Mascogos">Mascogos</a></li></ul></li> <li>United States <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affrilachia" title="Affrilachia">Affrilachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Jews" title="African-American Jews">African-American Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Creole_people" title="Alabama Creole people">Alabama Creoles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Mennonites" title="Black Mennonites">Black Mennonites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Southerners" title="Black Southerners">Black Southerners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Black Hispanic and Latino Americans">Black Hispanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Indians_in_the_United_States" title="Black Indians in the United States">Black Indians</a>/<a href="/wiki/Freedmen_(ethnic_group)" title="Freedmen (ethnic group)">Freedmen</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_freedmen_controversy" title="Cherokee freedmen controversy">Cherokee freedmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chickasaw#Post–Civil_War" title="Chickasaw">Chickasaw freedmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choctaw_freedmen" title="Choctaw freedmen">Choctaw freedmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creek_Freedmen" title="Creek Freedmen">Creek freedmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Seminoles" title="Black Seminoles">Seminole freedmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creoles_of_color" title="Creoles of color">Creoles of color</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullah" title="Gullah">Gullah</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brass_Ankles" title="Brass Ankles">Brass Ankles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Ridge_people" title="Chestnut Ridge people">Chestnut Ridge people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominickers" title="Dominickers">Dominickers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fula_Americans" title="Fula Americans">Fulani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garifuna_Americans" title="Garifuna Americans">Garifuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_Americans" title="Igbo Americans">Igbos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redbone_(ethnicity)#Louisiana_Redbone_cultural_group" title="Redbone (ethnicity)">Louisiana Redbones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumbee" title="Lumbee">Lumbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melungeon" title="Melungeon">Melungeons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Somali_Bantus_in_Maine" title="History of Somali Bantus in Maine">Somali Bantus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_Americans" title="Yoruba Americans">Yoruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_immigration_to_the_United_States" title="African immigration to the United States">African immigrants</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BFEAF9;;width:1%">South<br />America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Argentines" title="Afro-Argentines">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Bolivians" title="Afro-Bolivians">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Brazilians" title="Afro-Brazilians">Brazil</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalungas" title="Kalungas">Kalungas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mocambo_(settlement)" title="Mocambo (settlement)">Macombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quilombola" title="Quilombola">Quilombola</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Chileans" title="Afro-Chileans">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Colombians" title="Afro-Colombians">Colombia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raizal" title="Raizal">Raizal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Ecuadorians" title="Afro-Ecuadorians">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93French_Guianans" title="Afro–French Guianans">French Guiana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aluku" title="Aluku">Aluku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ndyuka_people" title="Ndyuka people">Ndyuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saramaka" title="Saramaka">Saramaka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Guyanese" title="Afro-Guyanese">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Paraguayans" title="Afro-Paraguayans">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Peruvians" title="Black Peruvians">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Surinamese" title="Afro-Surinamese">Suriname</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kwinti_people" title="Kwinti people">Kwinti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matawai_people" title="Matawai people">Matawai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ndyuka_people" title="Ndyuka people">Ndyuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramaccan_people" title="Paramaccan people">Paramaccan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saramaka" title="Saramaka">Saramaka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Uruguayans" title="Afro-Uruguayans">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Venezuelans" title="Afro-Venezuelans">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BFEAF9;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/African_immigration_to_Europe" title="African immigration to Europe">Europe</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Black_Europeans" title="Black Europeans">Blacks</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazians_of_African_descent" title="Abkhazians of African descent">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Austrians" title="Afro-Austrians">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Belgians" title="Black Belgians">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_people_of_African_descent" title="Category:Danish people of African descent">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_diaspora_in_Finland" title="African diaspora in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_French_people" title="Black French people">France</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_African_community_of_Paris" title="Sub-Saharan African community of Paris">Paris</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Germans" title="Afro-Germans">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Greeks" 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