This post is dedicated to Black History Month.
During the European slave trade, slaves were brought from more than a hundred different ethnic groups from West Africa to Haiti speaking different languages. The Haitians developed and practiced the religion Vodou inorder to unite, communicate, and preserve their culture. The Haitians religion was expressed through arts, music and dance.
Its amazing how the Haitians learned to do this, without the arts and music their culture could have been lost. In the slave trade, many things were lost and many people lost loved ones. The arts and music seems to have facilitated a way for many different cultures to stay in touch with their roots. How cool.
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