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Haitian Voodoo Culture

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Historians and anthropologists tracked the origin of zombies to the folklore tribes in western Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria. The perception of zombies came from Haitian Voodoo culture. The word zombie in Haitian is "zombi" representing "spirit of the dead." The act of zombies of Haiti implemented several intentions, but one of them were for manual labor. They tormented zombies utilizing them as slaves for labor on farms and sugarcane

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