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Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant

Real Dictators

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The Origins of Voodoo

Voodoo is a belief system which does have a central God but is heavily based on the spiritual life. At its heart, Voodoo belief has a single created deity called Bondure. Most Haitians believe to this day you must have made some kind of pact with the devil with Voodoo. The superstitions that go with Voodoo is very strong. It is strong even among some intellectuals and officials.

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