ANTH 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maya Deren, Traditional African Religion, West African Vodun
5 May 2019
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Watched film: divine horsemen: the living gods of haiti by maya deren. Karen brown: karen is asking us to view voudou as a religious practice but also as a special kind of religious practice that will give us another perspective on religion. In the film (by maya deren): there is no description of beliefs, but descriptions of rituals, dances, spirits we are put in relationships with spirits: history of voudou: Remains close to its historical roots because of haiti"s political isolation following the haiti revolution. Voudou is not only animated by religious practices but has been shaped by its historical and political past. According to brown, we must understand voudou"s history in order to understand it as a religion. Haiti revolution (1791-1804): only successful slave revolt in the world, violent, legacy of colonialism: strong divide between a strong elite and small population of rural poor, the french who had colonized haiti recognized haitian independence in.
