Voodoo is a folk belief mainly in West Africa and the Caribbean, where voodoo means "spirit" in the Fon language of West Africa.
Voodoo was established when Christianity merged with the traditions and beliefs of the people of the Dahomey Kingdom (around present-day Benin), who were forced into the Caribbean during the slave trade during the colonial period.
Although there was a time in the past when it was thoroughly suppressed as "the pagan religion of slaves," it is now said to have 80 million followers and is the state religion of Benin.
Lome, the capital of Togo, is home to the world's largest voodoo market, run by the people of Benin.
Here you will find all kinds of items related to voodoo, including animal heads used in the manufacture of medicines.
Among them is the voodoo doll, originally a cursed object for curses and witchcraft. These voodoo dolls were sold in Thailand's Esan region, where they became the talk of the town for tourists and became popular all over the world. Today, they are popular in various forms as wish dolls and substitute dolls.
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