African Art Voodoo Fetish Statue Fon 2138

Description: Ref: sf-2138Height: 51 cm Fon voodoo fetish statue from Togo. Piece over 50 years old. At the top of the pantheon of Vodou gods reigns Mawu, the supreme god surrounded by related gods, the Lwa. All are represented except mawu. They take the form of fetishes: stones, plants, pieces of metal, statues, sticks, mounds of earth, bottles, pots, or a composite of several materials. They ensure the protection of the property of the home or the community, driving away disease or any kind of plague. These fetishes are sacred objects in which the spirit or force of the god finds its incarnation. The material accumulated on their surface until it disappears gives it its power. Voodoo was born from the meeting of the traditional cults of the Yoruba gods and the Fon and Ewe divinities, during the creation and then expansion of the Fon kingdom of Abomey in the 17th and 18th centuries. Voodoo is the cultural foundation of the peoples who came through successive migrations from Tado in Togo, the Adja (including the Fons, the Gouns, the Ewe… and to a certain extent the Yoruba…) peoples who constitute an important element of the populations in the south of the States of the Gulf of Benin (Benin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria…). Voodoo (pronounced vodoun) is the Fon adaptation of a Yoruba word meaning "god." Voodoo therefore designates all the gods or invisible forces whose power or benevolence men try to conciliate. It is the affirmation of a supernatural world, but also the set of procedures allowing one to enter into a relationship with it. Voodoo corresponds to the Yoruba cult of the Orishas. Just as voodoo is a worship of the spirit of the invisible world. At each opening, the voodoo priest asks for help from the spirit of Papa Legba to open the doors of the two worlds. Voodoo can be described as a culture, a heritage, a philosophy, an art, dances, a language, an art of medicine, a style of music, a justice, a power, an oral tradition and rites. With the slave trade, Voodoo culture spread to America and the Caribbean islands, notably Haiti. It is characterized by rites of "incorporation" (voluntary and temporary possession by spirits), animal sacrifices, belief in the living dead (zombies) and in the possibility of their artificial creation, as well as the practice of witchcraft on pin dolls (voodoo dolls). The practice of their religion and culture was forbidden by the colonists, punishable by death or imprisonment, and was therefore practiced in secret. Voodoo, however, has integrated Catholic rites and concepts, making it acceptable. Thus was born “Christian voodoo.” In the 1950s, the Vatican made peace with the voodoo cult. Voodoo has endured and its practitioners display their beliefs without fear.African art, African maskafrican art african tribal arte africana afrikanische kunstPart delivered with an invoice and a certificate of authenticity.Voodoo (pronounced vodoun) is the Fon adaptation of a Yoruba word meaning "god." Voodoo therefore designates all the gods or invisible forces whose power or benevolence men try to conciliate. It is the affirmation of a supernatural world, but also the set of procedures allowing one to enter into a relationship with it. Voodoo corresponds to the Yoruba cult of the Orishas. Just as voodoo is a worship of the spirit of the invisible world. At each opening, the voodoo priest asks for help from the spirit of Papa Legba to open the doors of the two worlds. With the slave trade, Voodoo culture spread to America and the Caribbean islands, notably Haiti. It is characterized by rites of "incorporation" (voluntary and temporary possession by spirits), animal sacrifices, belief in the living dead (zom

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