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Haiti: Witchcraft And Voodoo

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The history of zombies is sort of interesting. It has seemed to have started in Haiti. They believed in witchcraft and voodoo, which is why the legend started there. At one point there was even a scientist that believed that he found a powder that could turn humans into a zombie like form. It is also believed that we like zombie shows and movies so much because it allows us to explore the end of the world while still being able to sleep at night. The word of zombie developed from Haiti. In Haiti there was belief in witchcraft or voodoo.They are not the aggressive or brain eating type like how m=we think of them now. People would think that bokors ( A voodoo priest) would bring back a dead to enslave them to work on plantations, but when they

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