Home›Haitian Vodou Sites›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsStatusStatus TodayWell-attestedLiving. The state-backed Catholic anti-superstition campaign of 1941-42 destroyed temples and ritual objects and did not end the practice, which has continued through repeated official hostility. An ounfo is a working temple and a lakou a family compound, not a public monument. Initiation is closed, and this atlas records that it exists without reproducing what happens in it. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedPlaces where the lwa are served: the family lakou and the temple ounfo, and open-air sites such as waterfalls, trees, crossroads and cemeteries attached to particular lwa. Many coincide with a Catholic shrine or feast, and those who go do not treat the two as separable. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreHaitian Vodou Sacred Sites This small group gathers a sacred site of Haitian Vodou, a place bound to the service of the lwa, such as the pilgrimage sites where Vodou and Catholic devotion meet. Vodou is a living religion of Haiti and its diaspora. The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its significance within the living Vodou tradition, presented in its own terms.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2017-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2021-05-12 (1)Origin Period End YearAll50 (1)1800 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll30 (1)1700 (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (1)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristianityTradition1 entryHaitian VodouTradition2 entriesConnectionsBelongs to TraditionHaitian Vodou, Religions Well-attested Sites grouped for Haitian Vodou.Source The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in HaitiLeslie G. Desmanglestier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haititier 1Leslie G. Desmangles, University of North Carolina Press, 1992on the ounfo, the lakou and Catholic observanceView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.