Dominican Vudú

Dominican Vudú
TypeSyncretic
ClassificationVoodoo
OrientationFolk Catholicism
RegionDominican Republic and Dominican diaspora
Origin
Colonial Hispaniola

Dominican Vudú, or Dominican Voodoo (Spanish: Vudú Dominicano), popularly known as Las 21 Divisiones (The 21 Divisions), is a heavily Catholicized syncretic religion of African-Caribbean origin which developed in the former Spanish colony of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola.

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