What exactly is Vodou?

Can someone explain it please? I looked it up but that didn't help much

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Essentially, Vodou originates from Haiti. When the salves came from Africa, they created Vodou in Haiti, Voodoo in the Southern States, and I believe Vodu. I don't know much besides what I said. Still a beginner with Vodou.

my point of view of vodou is a type of dark magic that involves demons and straw dolls blood and rituals tho that is just one version of vodou and the only kind i had ever practiced tho i only caused the person to get sick for a short a mount of time and i was just angry at the person for hurting me i am not sure what all types of vodou there is i just was stating the kind i had practiced in the past

Would you be willing to teach me what you know please if so message me

Vodou is a religion and like any religion it has practices that involve prayer and ritual. There are many forms of it. The most well known is the New Orleans form which mixes Christianity and Native American medicine with it's African traditions and faith. It also shows some influence of Western occultism nowadays. New Orleans Voodoo is where most of the folk magic known as "hoodoo" originates from. However, in its purer form in the areas it actually came from (IE: Haiti), it is much less "ecclectic". The ritual magick used by those that are Vodun is often extremely faith based. The folk magick is what is more popular and less tied to religious view, such as jars, dollies, and the recipes for dusts, waters, oils etc. (I love the recipes).