Hey Wode Maya, Thank you for sharing this knowlege with us eventhought you might lose some subscribers. Not everyone will be your cup of tea! You should visit suriname one day to experience the extent african culture.💚
I like your coverage about Africa. You are well grounded in your own religious beliefs but do not shy away from letting us know what others in Africa believe in. You once covered Islamic fasting season, Christian celebration event in Ethiopia and A traditional religion in Zimbabwe. I have my own beliefs but am here to be educated.
Wode Maya, it is an embarrassment for you as an ambassador of African cultural identity, to have never before traveled and attended this prestigious annual event, that is merely 5hrs drive away from Accra Ghana. When many others, many times, myself included, have travelled halfway across the globe to attend. Although I too am of African descent, and a traditionalist in the beliefs of my W.African ancestors, I’d also have been considered on a “tourist” visa, but I make great efforts to attend yearly or alternative years, yet others like yourself have full access and close proximity, yet don’t educate yourself about your own ancestors culture….
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This is a statement I always tell to people. We African defendants living in the Caribbean islands need to know where we come from to know where we are going. I don’t believe in voodoo. I am a believe in Jesus Christ.
Wode Maya you will never lose me as a subscriber no matter what you do. Weda festival in Benin let me tell you brazil, Cuba,Haiti, evensouth America practice it the the slaves have also migrated and followed the same cutlure. JuJu is everywhere not just west Africa... Congo, Mali,South Africa even the islam some sects have a form called Sufism. You just touching the surface. Love you and always will. I am my brother's keeper.
Thanks so much wode Maya. While studying religious science we visited this juju as part of our studies with Afro Americans. They were shocked to realize that I was so ignorant of this way of worship. Coming from East Africa was even the worship where all this is called evil. The studies opened my horizons and your vídeo enriches me more...
With all due respect, the people who were enslaved, some of my ancestors, did not migrate from Africa. They were free people, stolen, and sold into slavery. In modern terms, it was human trafficking.
Recently BBC reported that during the Pope's trip to South Sudan, with the leaders of the church of England, he said it is a sin to make laws that criminalize LGBTQI. Can you believe the audacity of these people saying Africans protecting their culture and society is evil while they criminalize African practice of polygamy. I'm sure it won't be long they will rewrite the Bible to remove the portions that says God is against homosexual behaviour that is a sin against the human body
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I am African from the southern region and I never heard about it , but then I came to Brazil I found it. We know very little about our own history. Thanks for sharing, it's good to learn new ways of spirituality.
There is no unity outside of Jesus Christ the LORD. Only a fool would unify based on skin color. A wise man unifies with others on values, beliefs, character, and truth. The bethlehemite.
African culture is very powerful. In my tribe kisiis in Kenya, special people in the community used to gather around a huge tree facing the mountain and rain came during a prolonged drought. The sick got healed. The white man came with a bible and a government, we lost our culture. They told us that our culture was evil and theirs was holy. Look at us now, global warming, incurable diseases, war, homosexuality, corruption and hard economic times.
@@TrueYarn really, you black people put the black christ on the cross remember. You rejected him. You whipped him, spat in his face. Cut his flesh to the bone. I call it justice ⚖ what you suffered.
Are you fucking retarded? All Europe and America does is call their past evil and fetishize everything backwards and African. God cursed Haiti for this nonsense.
Thank you for highlighting traditional African spirituality on your platform. It makes me so sad that Africans across the globe have been made to fear who we are at our core. The oppressors really did a number on us, but we are waking up. Keep going brotha! ✊🏿❤🖤💚
Waking up to what, where were the spirit idols when the enemy attack and enslaved Africa, stole from Africa and this so call idol, didn't talk and save us. Wake up Africa and refrain from idol worship, it's an abomination ok . It is because of this idol worship that's why Africa 🌍 is Bless with all natural resources, gold 🥇, diamonds 💎, platinum, aluminum, copper, good whether for farming, yet most Africa 🌍 people lives in extreme poverty, Repent Jesus saves 🙏❤️
I agree with you 💯. I’m from Haiti, I don’t practice voodoo, but I know it’s a big part of my culture. I know a lot of people especially Caucasian people go to Haiti to take part in Voodoo and know the secrets of the religion. But they’re the first ones to talk bad about it. So I can understand why the Benin people are doing it that way. Even though I don’t practice the religion, I believe it’s imperative that we keep it to ourselves.
I agree. Everywhere we are, here they come! trying to learn and steal. They will go back to their country and tell everyone that they are the "founder" of such and such. We show them how to cook our foods and they go back to make $ off it and sell it as theirs, including other gifts which some of us are too dumb not to share.
Agreed 100%.. be careful of the outsiders, benin..the Jamaican maroons has already sold their souls to the outsiders.. along with 90% of their country has been sold.. be careful benin... Keep your ancestral integrity intact.. keep it authentic.. and be very careful of those outside serpents and those house slaves..🙏🏾👍🏾💪🏾👍🏾
This is what was used to fight against the colonizers in many Caribbean countries. The reason they call it evils is because it is powerful when the people use it as a united force, so they had to prevent that use. It is a powerful mental and manifesting belief to be able to manipulate the elements within and out of yourself, and in nature.
True, every religion has an element of this power. Remember how Jesus manipulated the storm in the sea? Words have power to manifest. That's why we are told to watch what we say, think.
I think Europeans have always and continue to try and permeate what is not for them at all times. Their presence brings down the authenticity- but Voodoo is forever stronger than them. I want to attend this festival at least once , but as a member of the diaspora, I’d rather go to Benin to experience Voodoo away from culture vultures and tourists. Thank you for this exploration, and I am a new subscriber BECAUSE of it! Blessings! 🙏🏾
No it doesn't if they come sincerely and respectfully. Do you think any non-African coming to learn about African culture respectfully is a "culture vulture"? That's nonsense.
I can bet he is going to lose subscribers from ghana 🇬🇭 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 the most. These two countries love and worship white people and white Jesus like no other.
Most cultures have a spiritual belief system, if you check all based on mysticism, however none of them is vilified as the one from Africa, but when you see how the others worship it is all basically the same, but the one practice in Africa is so powerful that it had to banished and seen as evil, this was supposed to be a weapon for protection against your enemy in case of war, but not to be used for self gain. This is supposed to garner the elements, use your mental energy etc, all primitive cultures have or had that ability
Exactly. However the issue with us black is that we use it against each other. Very race regardless or the religious they preach to practice (Islam, Christianity, Jews, Indu, etc..) all of them practice the so call "ocult magic" ALLLL of them and even in their places of worship.
Wow, once a year in Jamaica we have Johnkonuu. Same thing on a smaller scale. Men on stilts, people in costumes. Dancing and revelry all day. The culture carried.
THIS IS NOT AFRICA’S CULTURE… ITS THESE CLOWNS FROM BENINE AND OTHER COUNTRIES THAT GOES AGAINST “YAH” !!! PLAY WITH LUCIFER STAY WITH LUCIFER!!! THE REAL CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SERVE YAH ONLY!!!! All praises to the Most High YAH ONLY!!! In this life, the next, and eternity!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏿🙌🏽
it's our culture, it's African. We should be proud of that. Those who told us that it was demonic, they are the same ones who want to have this knowledge at all costs. May this push each of us to go further in our thinking.
One year I attended a Oshun festival here in America. The women who did my alterations was from Nigeria. I walked in her shop and couldn’t believe my eyes! There she was dressed traditionally but watching Joel Olsteen a christian prosperity preacher. I didn’t say anything about it, I just laughed in my mind. Oh Colonization is some evil powerful witchcraft What’s the spell? Christianity ghost spell
@@kojojampa damn y'all always coming after Christianity's. Christianity been in Africa. But you cannot do the two either you going to do do or you going to be a Christian you can't walk on the fence. Has Voodoo done for our people like come on now make it make sense.
Thank you Wode Maya!!! I seen Tayo Aina video and it was amazing! My husband and I were waiting for your video 🙌🏽 I live in Georgia in USA and love seeing my culture! Love how powerful we are as Africans and so glad you can help me see what is not represented in USA.
The devil comes to kill steal and destroy. I have come to give you live and live more abundantly! Christ over culture ...th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html
one thing I have come to release is that, religion is man made and for as the Africa religion need to be innovated and add some value to it, eg the killing humans and animals need to be reduce and approach some of the issue scientifically, like how the japanese have done to theirs .
Always doing a great job keep it up the good work, that’s who we are nothing will stop it. My dear brother weather you will loose 2000 or 5000 do your best to promote who we are, and i know our ancestors will never disappoint you of get more people more than the one you lost. #JMTVGH
A lot of Africans are afraid of this side of their culture because of their bad deeds. In the villages that practice these voodos, people hardly commit crime because they know what could happen to them. A lot of us are hiding behind religion and are committing various sins because we get away with it. We all need to open our eyes and start asking questions.
Correct. They fear what will become of them doing tradition but pretend and hide under grace. And society will continue to rot until steps are retraced.
Narrating the African story and telling Africa’s history to the world 🌍. The world is a global village and in this light we see the emergence of people from different walks of life to partake in festivals and experience cultures of Africa. We will be here to always learn from Wode Maya.
Very educative as always. The insights provided are very much appreciated. Thanks for going the extra mile to bring us this. You are indeed changing the narratives. Never knew people travel from the diaspora for the festival. Never knew this festival even existed. Thanks Legend for this insightful video. You are paying your dues to mother Africa.
Love our culture,. love the video Maya.. We need to keep our ancestoral integrity intact.. We need to protect our culture and be careful of the culture vultures and the outsiders and the outside agents some which look just like us unfortunately...one of My favorite ancestral lands to visit, benin, can't wait to go back..
WODE MAYA thank you for this video. I was born a Christian but I have now come to realise it is not my ancestors religion but VOODOO is. So I am educating myself trough your video today. Thank you thank you 😊 🙏🏾💚
My dear are you sure you have a personal relationship with God? Christianity is not about being born into a church or ancestors , it's all about giving your life to God and allowing him to be the master of your life
@@boakyefelicia2480 relationship with God is not a preserve of christianity even Africans before the arrival of christianity by imperialists they have God worshipping our own way
Afrikan people should ask themselves why white men want to know about our culture. What's it important..our culture is so important than Afrikan people think
Maya I was born in Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Voodoo is not viewed as a good thing here. However, when someone is desperate for “help” for a family member or friends, visiting a voodoo person seems to be more common even if they are considered to be Christians. Some may not want to admit it. I can only guess there is good and bad voodoo and people are desperate when the church cannot assist. We use to have really good spiritual leaders and churches in Jamaica such as Pocco churches, who will be the help the community need, but that too became washed up and decreased in right spiritual connection. Everyone have to find their way because everything we thought was good is now bad and everything we thought was bad is now good. We all have to pray for wisdom and understanding and test the spirit. Be Bless. I love what you do.. 🙏🇯🇲🥰🥰
@wodemaya If you ever visit Suriname, request to be taken to the Dujka(Juka) Settlement!!! You will be surprised that they made every effort to maintain AFRICAN ways!!!!!
Wode maya when will you visit Suriname? Because i am waching you and miss Trudy and i enjoy your video's. I always say to my husband Maya is humble and you are not( joke)i love the way miss Trudy say; Maya is soo Humble; My husband and i are from Suriname but we are living in Holland and we will visit Suriname this year. I woul like to see you in person. I tell a lot of my friends and family about you, i love personality. Greetings from Holland
Anybody unsubscribing is brainwashed. Don’t beg them. You have every right to cover any religion you want to cover especially when invited, and all peoples have a right to their religion
I'm Luo from Kenya, Lake Victoria (Nam Lolwe). We do encounter pythons and treat them well, feed them. They have special significance. The particular one called "Omieri" appears occasionally and we treat it well,feed, take care. So I identify with these.
Thanks for sharing. I am from Trinidad 🇹🇹. We call our Practice Orisa. A lot of ppl say we “wok obeah”. I could careless, I love my way of life. Olodumare blessings.
Thank you Wode Maya. I'm so pleased that you have shown this video. It's time we remember our African religion and culture. I'm staying right here on your channel FOREVER. Peace xxx
I am a proud and unapologetic Vodou devotee living in Jamaica and in this island obeah and Vodou is condemned and seen as evil and wicked. It pains my heart to see caucasians running down Vodou knowledge and wisdom while so many Afrakan and Afrakan Caribbean people condemn their own heritage and culture. I will always honor and cherish my heritage and i pray that one day Vodou will be acknowledged as the birthright inheritance of Afrakans around the world. Ayibobo.
Thank you for continuing to enlighten us. It's a shame as people of African descent we are so quick to dismiss anything and everything that is ours and we happily latch on to others beliefs. We need to be liberated mentally.
Content is always the same not until you watch a passionate fellow, i love the way you craft your subjects and this is interesting. i was hesitant to watch it but 5 minutes into it, i remembered that you cant post crap. thanks brother and please treat our Ugandan best you tuber Raymond as i look forward to join the you tube journey, i am currently a filmmaker. #Africato the world.
Vodun means Spirit. A Nature based Spirituality. Vodun has been Practied by our Ancestors for Thousands of Years just like all other diverse Indigenous Afrikan Spiritualities before Man-Made Colonizer religion was invented and Violently Foreced, via Slavery. Vodun has also Freed many of our Ancestors during the earliest days of the Maafa. Long Live Afrikan Spirituality ❤🖤💚 ✊🏾🌌🌠☀🌕🌳🌴🌺🛖.
Mboté thanks you so much for your passion, devotion and commitments. Receive love and strentgh from us and ours great ancestors ! More followers for you great,honorable Wode M
Such a beautiful e respectful video. Thank you Maya for giving voice to the people who practice and know this religion. As an African I'm on my way to deconstruct the idea that Vodoo equals evil. And this video gave such insight. You are doing a beautiful educational work here on TH-cam!
Africa will progress and african will lead a Confident and respectful life if they leave Colonial abrahamic religions like Christianity and islam. Africans should preserve, protect and improve their own culture, language like the Indians Did.
Thank you for posting this video. I'm from the Diaspora, the Virgin islands, a place in the Caribbean to be precise. And videos like this makes me smile as it highlights our true culture and helps remove the stigma and negative connotations placed on vodou by those wicked colonizers who themselves have stolen our secrets and use it for their own selfish gain. By the way, please come to the Caribbean and do a series of videos here. We would love to have you as we too are seeking to reconnect
Wode Maya, I love and enjoy watching all your videos. I'm in Jamaica and never care much about voodoo but still respect our ancestors and our African culture. I agreed with you 100% about having all them Europeans at the festival. We need to understand how to keep our culture sacred. These same ppl will turn up, learn our culture then use it for our demise. Then we wonder why after leaving these festivals and gatherings for us we are still divided and still living in poverty. Us as a people we need to draw the line where other nations are involved. Stay bless my brother and keep the content flowing.
Maya, there's nothing evil with our African traditional medicine that is based on nature. Please let us stop using derogatory word to describe our ancestors traditional medicine as 'voodoo'. Haitian and Ethiopian used the African traditional medicine successfully, defeated the French and Italian their colonial powers long time ago. I'm happy that you have the courage to gave us this educational video on African traditional medicine that some of us used to in Yoruba culture, Western Nigeria when we are growing up.There is nothing evil about it.I cherish my African traditional medicine that is based on nature. God bless you and protect you for the amazing work you are doing for Mama Africa.
Thanks Wode Maya Enjoy watching So glad Africans are no more embarrass to embrace our culture Our culture is part of our identity It is who we are To hate or be embarrass about our identity is to hate or be embarrass about ourselves Voodoo is in my blood It is my heritage I embrace my heritage
This is your best documentary ever. I am from Benin, specifically from Abomey. My great grand father was one of the warriors of the king Behanzin. I went back 2 years ago and witness that rich culture. ... Amazing
What’s your thoughts on Vodoo Religion??
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Hey Wode Maya, Thank you for sharing this knowlege with us eventhought you might lose some subscribers. Not everyone will be your cup of tea!
You should visit suriname one day to experience the extent african culture.💚
th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html ....A Ugandan travel to get his son delivered from this! It's no joke. A whole generation!
Voodoo is a form religion just like any otter religions across the world. It's interesting to find out if Voodoo was the original name?
It's our religion just like Hinduism for the indians
This is so interesting! The more you travel, the more you learn! 🤯
Very true,and you learn to appreciate other people's culture's.
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@@josephcoatofmanycolors we call her our wife because of Wode Maya, there's nothing wrong with that..
I like your coverage about Africa. You are well grounded in your own religious beliefs but do not shy away from letting us know what others in Africa believe in. You once covered Islamic fasting season, Christian celebration event in Ethiopia and A traditional religion in Zimbabwe. I have my own beliefs but am here to be educated.
A real subscriber of Maya❤️❤️❤️
Yes.
Well said! A person of high emotional and intellectual maturity👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Wode Maya, it is an embarrassment for you as an ambassador of African cultural identity, to have never before traveled and attended this prestigious annual event, that is merely 5hrs drive away from Accra Ghana.
When many others, many times, myself included, have travelled halfway across the globe to attend.
Although I too am of African descent, and a traditionalist in the beliefs of my W.African ancestors, I’d also have been considered on a “tourist” visa, but I make great efforts to attend yearly or alternative years, yet others like yourself have full access and close proximity, yet don’t educate yourself about your own ancestors culture….
If you are here in 2090,I was here💙 2022
WODE MAYA was young youtuber who came from GRASS TO GRACE and he was among the best youtubers in his generation.
In 2022 Ghanaian youtubers was doing absolutely good, getting better everyday and it was love worldwide. We Ghanaians, we are proud of this success story.
Hope the world is better place 2090? stay safe and be nice human🇬🇭💙
He inspired me too And am creating content and hope to reach the lengths Wade Maya has reached
The world will definitely be a better place. And you will be here to witness it.
You wrote this and you know tommorow will use this as a reference of the early people just like what the kemet people did before
Wode Maya👌🏿
If you don’t know where you are coming from, you will never know where to go. Just know yourself. Thanks Wode Maya for this new report on our Culture.
Christ over culture ...th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html
This is a statement I always tell to people. We African defendants living in the Caribbean islands need to know where we come from to know where we are going. I don’t believe in voodoo. I am a believe in Jesus Christ.
WE MUST EMBRACE WHAT IS OUR CULTURE AND OUR SPIRITUALITY AND LET GO OF ALL THOSE EUROPEAN TEACHING OR WE WILL PERISH ALONG WITH THEM
Wode Maya you will never lose me as a subscriber no matter what you do. Weda festival in Benin let me tell you brazil, Cuba,Haiti, evensouth America practice it the the slaves have also migrated and followed the same cutlure. JuJu is everywhere not just west Africa... Congo, Mali,South Africa even the islam some sects have a form called Sufism. You just touching the surface. Love you and always will. I am my brother's keeper.
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Thanks so much wode Maya. While studying religious science we visited this juju as part of our studies with Afro Americans. They were shocked to realize that I was so ignorant of this way of worship. Coming from East Africa was even the worship where all this is called evil.
The studies opened my horizons and your vídeo enriches me more...
Keep it up Wode Maya!
Enough research for a full Phd chapter
With all due respect, the people who were enslaved, some of my ancestors, did not migrate from Africa. They were free people, stolen, and sold into slavery. In modern terms, it was human trafficking.
Sister why do you refer to sufism as JuJu?
Time to change our mindset African people and embrace what's ours. We have allowed Whites to determine our religion, culture, and language.
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Yessssss, we have everything we need, let's Love ourselves first 🥇
@@movingwheels26 ❤️yes
Precisely, this is what we are as Africans
Recently BBC reported that during the Pope's trip to South Sudan, with the leaders of the church of England, he said it is a sin to make laws that criminalize LGBTQI. Can you believe the audacity of these people saying Africans protecting their culture and society is evil while they criminalize African practice of polygamy. I'm sure it won't be long they will rewrite the Bible to remove the portions that says God is against homosexual behaviour that is a sin against the human body
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I am African from the southern region and I never heard about it , but then I came to Brazil I found it. We know very little about our own history. Thanks for sharing, it's good to learn new ways of spirituality.
Mozambican?
Insane to think such a treasure was missed!
But there is also makumba in angola that is the same thing
To the person reading this!!
Be proud you were born as an African 🙌 Africa is the place to be💪
Together we can make it a better place
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@@jay1970 it's okay if you are not proud of where you come from.
There is no unity outside of Jesus Christ the LORD.
Only a fool would unify based on skin color. A wise man unifies with others on values, beliefs, character, and truth. The bethlehemite.
African culture is very powerful. In my tribe kisiis in Kenya, special people in the community used to gather around a huge tree facing the mountain and rain came during a prolonged drought.
The sick got healed. The white man came with a bible and a government, we lost our culture. They told us that our culture was evil and theirs was holy.
Look at us now, global warming, incurable diseases, war, homosexuality, corruption and hard economic times.
Agree ,we have been lied big time , it's a story of hyena abd jackal
The colonizers are the worst thing that ever happened to us Africans
@@TrueYarn really, you black people put the black christ on the cross remember. You rejected him. You whipped him, spat in his face. Cut his flesh to the bone. I call it justice ⚖ what you suffered.
Why wasn’t your ancestors way of life able to defend against the white man ?
Kisii is notorious for witchcraft!!! Witches are being killed and burned in Kisii. Jesus is the only way.
As a togolese and a proud one, i can testify this is the root ... 🇹🇬❤️ We grew up to this and we'll never be scared of it ...
Please can we get close?
I'll need some info from you, thank you.
I am also from Togo and this what we are born Into can we be friends
Despite the atrocities, the culture survives!!!!!
The European tell us that everything about us is evil . Yet they Don't tell us about the evil they've done to us🇯🇲❤
When a white person calls anything 'evil' know that it is good.
Are you fucking retarded? All Europe and America does is call their past evil and fetishize everything backwards and African. God cursed Haiti for this nonsense.
I love us Africans embracing our spirituality, culture, religions and traditions❤️
Thank you for highlighting traditional African spirituality on your platform. It makes me so sad that Africans across the globe have been made to fear who we are at our core. The oppressors really did a number on us, but we are waking up. Keep going brotha! ✊🏿❤🖤💚
Yes 👍
Are you saying that satanist are who Africans are at their core?
@@ShmaAdonaiEhad Your question proves my point.
@@dcbelle01 beg you pardon? How is that so?
Waking up to what, where were the spirit idols when the enemy attack and enslaved Africa, stole from Africa and this so call idol, didn't talk and save us. Wake up Africa and refrain from idol worship, it's an abomination ok . It is because of this idol worship that's why Africa 🌍 is Bless with all natural resources, gold 🥇, diamonds 💎, platinum, aluminum, copper, good whether for farming, yet most Africa 🌍 people lives in extreme poverty, Repent Jesus saves 🙏❤️
We have to sell the tourists a watered down version. Especially those who come to see to learn and dissect, not to appreciate or respect.
I agree with you 💯. I’m from Haiti, I don’t practice voodoo, but I know it’s a big part of my culture. I know a lot of people especially Caucasian people go to Haiti to take part in Voodoo and know the secrets of the religion. But they’re the first ones to talk bad about it. So I can understand why the Benin people are doing it that way. Even though I don’t practice the religion, I believe it’s imperative that we keep it to ourselves.
I agree. Everywhere we are, here they come! trying to learn and steal. They will go back to their country and tell everyone that they are the "founder" of such and such. We show them how to cook our foods and they go back to make $ off it and sell it as theirs, including other gifts which some of us are too dumb not to share.
So true! 🎯💯
I was thinking the same thing. The Beninese know exactly what they are doing. ❤️
Agreed 100%.. be careful of the outsiders, benin..the Jamaican maroons has already sold their souls to the outsiders.. along with 90% of their country has been sold.. be careful benin... Keep your ancestral integrity intact.. keep it authentic.. and be very careful of those outside serpents and those house slaves..🙏🏾👍🏾💪🏾👍🏾
Wonderful to see the people recognizing you wherever you go, keep us informed and entertain Maya, ❤️ it Brother Man Big up. 👍🏿
You are not lossing subscribers , you are educated us ...Thank you
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This is what was used to fight against the colonizers in many Caribbean countries. The reason they call it evils is because it is powerful when the people use it as a united force, so they had to prevent that use. It is a powerful mental and manifesting belief to be able to manipulate the elements within and out of yourself, and in nature.
True, every religion has an element of this power. Remember how Jesus manipulated the storm in the sea?
Words have power to manifest. That's why we are told to watch what we say, think.
@@rosemumbua8817 ,
Let us focus about our own spirituality to develop and defend ourselves.
Exactly
Bullshit.
As a indigenous Australian most of know know our spiritualism even.before the white man came to our lands they fear what they don't understand
I love the beat from the African Drums...This is such a rich culture that must be protected. It's what keep them as a people United and one.
The talking drum is easily top 3 instruments of all time
@@degreeskelvin3025 It ranks the 1st. The African drum has a Big story. It connects us to our Ancestors...
IT ALSO TALKS.
I think Europeans have always and continue to try and permeate what is not for them at all times. Their presence brings down the authenticity- but Voodoo is forever stronger than them. I want to attend this festival at least once , but as a member of the diaspora, I’d rather go to Benin to experience Voodoo away from culture vultures and tourists.
Thank you for this exploration, and I am a new subscriber BECAUSE of it! Blessings! 🙏🏾
No it doesn't if they come sincerely and respectfully. Do you think any non-African coming to learn about African culture respectfully is a "culture vulture"? That's nonsense.
MAYA - ON THE CONTRARY- YOU WILL GET MORE SUBSCRIBER'S - KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
I can bet he is going to lose subscribers from ghana 🇬🇭 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 the most. These two countries love and worship white people and white Jesus like no other.
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Thank you Woda Maya for educating the World about our culture. Afrika to the World 🌎 ❤!!! Proud to be an afrikan.
Wode Maya and Tayo Aina Kings and Gods of Africaaaa. Loveee you guys ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 we must wake up and UNITE because Africa is the future. Goosebumps.❤
Most cultures have a spiritual belief system, if you check all based on mysticism, however none of them is vilified as the one from Africa, but when you see how the others worship it is all basically the same, but the one practice in Africa is so powerful that it had to banished and seen as evil, this was supposed to be a weapon for protection against your enemy in case of war, but not to be used for self gain. This is supposed to garner the elements, use your mental energy etc, all primitive cultures have or had that ability
Exactly. However the issue with us black is that we use it against each other. Very race regardless or the religious they preach to practice (Islam, Christianity, Jews, Indu, etc..) all of them practice the so call "ocult magic" ALLLL of them and even in their places of worship.
@@teoviels8484 it's true, but fortunately, we are waking up now and they know it. It's better late than never...
you’re 100% right
Wow, once a year in Jamaica we have Johnkonuu. Same thing on a smaller scale. Men on stilts, people in costumes. Dancing and revelry all day. The culture carried.
Thank you maya for showing us this, africa is indeed rich with beautiful cultures. This is so amazing 👏
Africa is blessed with authentic culture n history
THIS IS NOT AFRICA’S CULTURE… ITS THESE CLOWNS FROM BENINE AND OTHER COUNTRIES THAT GOES AGAINST “YAH” !!! PLAY WITH LUCIFER STAY WITH LUCIFER!!! THE REAL CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SERVE YAH ONLY!!!! All praises to the Most High YAH ONLY!!! In this life, the next, and eternity!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏿🙌🏽
What's authentic about summoning demonic spirits from hell?
it's our culture, it's African.
We should be proud of that. Those who told us that it was demonic, they are the same ones who want to have this knowledge at all costs.
May this push each of us to go further in our thinking.
WE MUST DECOLONIZE OUR MIND
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Decolonize our land from demonic Christianity
Chris ti an -an ti Chris
Yes
Christ before culture ..th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html
One year I attended a Oshun festival here in America. The women who did my alterations was from Nigeria. I walked in her shop and couldn’t believe my eyes! There she was dressed traditionally but watching Joel Olsteen a christian prosperity preacher. I didn’t say anything about it, I just laughed in my mind. Oh Colonization is some evil powerful witchcraft What’s the spell? Christianity ghost spell
😂... sad and funny at the same time but yeah that Christianity witchcraft is super strong. But things re changing.
If you go ask her all she's afraid of back home is backlash frm her ppl.
@@kojojampa damn y'all always coming after Christianity's. Christianity been in Africa. But you cannot do the two either you going to do do or you going to be a Christian you can't walk on the fence. Has Voodoo done for our people like come on now make it make sense.
If our region and believes that makes us still have our lands and identity or dignity then we are most happy 💪🏾👌🏾💪🏾💪🏾👌🏾💪🏾👌🏾
Thank you Wode Maya!!! I seen Tayo Aina video and it was amazing! My husband and I were waiting for your video 🙌🏽
I live in Georgia in USA and love seeing my culture! Love how powerful we are as Africans and so glad you can help me see what is not represented in USA.
ATL in the house...
@@HubertCubaka lol 😂 Aye!
Thanks Maya for the video🥰 I'm here to learn
The devil comes to kill steal and destroy. I have come to give you live and live more abundantly! Christ over culture ...th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html
Our roots, our heritage, our culture. We have a duty to understand what voodoo means and cherish it.
one thing I have come to release is that, religion is man made and for as the Africa religion need to be innovated and add some value to it, eg the killing humans and animals need to be reduce and approach some of the issue scientifically, like how the japanese have done to theirs .
I grew up seeing my grandfather practice “Roots” (Voodoo) in SC and hearing of neighbors practicing it as well along with Christianity.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us Maya. I feel this video was too short. I hope there’s part 2.
Wode Maya to the all Africa I am from The northern part of Ghana Tamale n I always watch ur videos 🙏🙏🙏💯❤❤
Always doing a great job keep it up the good work, that’s who we are nothing will stop it. My dear brother weather you will loose 2000 or 5000 do your best to promote who we are, and i know our ancestors will never disappoint you of get more people more than the one you lost. #JMTVGH
I can’t wait til you visit haiti 🇭🇹 you’ll love it so much history
that was some deep research on that tree I see my Haitian sister is curious too
Hello Ace. We are waiting for you here on the motherland. You re mostly welcomed. 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳
Ace when you coming to NYC
You should visit Oyo State in Nigeria especially Ibadan around June That's when we have egungun festival
He needs to ❤
Egungun festival sounds fun!! Egungun are prominent in the Porto-Novo area of Benin
A lot of Africans are afraid of this side of their culture because of their bad deeds. In the villages that practice these voodos, people hardly commit crime because they know what could happen to them. A lot of us are hiding behind religion and are committing various sins because we get away with it. We all need to open our eyes and start asking questions.
True
I believe that this perfectly answers Maya's question in the title of this video.
Correct. They fear what will become of them doing tradition but pretend and hide under grace. And society will continue to rot until steps are retraced.
You are on point my dear. ❤❤
Wode Maya is an embodiment of anthropology. He participates and observes every detail in real time with validity.
Very true
It's things like this that make me feel proud to be african, thank you wade maya
Narrating the African story and telling Africa’s history to the world 🌍. The world is a global village and in this light we see the emergence of people from different walks of life to partake in festivals and experience cultures of Africa. We will be here to always learn from Wode Maya.
Very educative as always. The insights provided are very much appreciated. Thanks for going the extra mile to bring us this. You are indeed changing the narratives. Never knew people travel from the diaspora for the festival. Never knew this festival even existed. Thanks Legend for this insightful video. You are paying your dues to mother Africa.
I agree with you. All those tourist, especially the European ones, raised a bit of suspicion in me.
This video should be voted a video of the year if not a decade 🤠
Love our culture,. love the video Maya.. We need to keep our ancestoral integrity intact.. We need to protect our culture and be careful of the culture vultures and the outsiders and the outside agents some which look just like us unfortunately...one of My favorite ancestral lands to visit, benin, can't wait to go back..
WODE MAYA thank you for this video. I was born a Christian but I have now come to realise it is not my ancestors religion but VOODOO is. So I am educating myself trough your video today. Thank you thank you 😊 🙏🏾💚
Those other foreign religions are also vodoo only they sanitised and promoted theirs.
The origin of everything is God Almighty the creator, Christianity came from Him it's not any human beings private invention
My dear are you sure you have a personal relationship with God? Christianity is not about being born into a church or ancestors , it's all about giving your life to God and allowing him to be the master of your life
@@arltklm8322 🤣🤣🤣 you are twisted
@@boakyefelicia2480 relationship with God is not a preserve of christianity even Africans before the arrival of christianity by imperialists they have God worshipping our own way
Have been looking at this video 📸 all day now happy that you posted this video today it quiet interesting that we will learn alot
It's culture and we have to understand why it is important for this community. We're Africa and Africa is our business 💪🇰🇪
Yessssss, Africa 🌍 is our business
Afrikan people should ask themselves why white men want to know about our culture. What's it important..our culture is so important than Afrikan people think
@@nancymuseve3249 True. I wish we'd go back to the roots... AFRICA IS GOD. Masterpiece of God's creation.
Christ before culture always ...wake up th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html today is your day
@@Odhis_Mwafrika..Afrikan people doesn't see Arabians people give us Islam and white men give us Christianity..where is our culture.
Proudly African and we've learn to respect each others believes. 👌👌
Maya I was born in Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Voodoo is not viewed as a good thing here. However, when someone is desperate for “help” for a family member or friends, visiting a voodoo person seems to be more common even if they are considered to be Christians. Some may not want to admit it. I can only guess there is good and bad voodoo and people are desperate when the church cannot assist. We use to have really good spiritual leaders and churches in Jamaica such as Pocco churches, who will be the help the community need, but that too became washed up and decreased in right spiritual connection. Everyone have to find their way because everything we thought was good is now bad and everything we thought was bad is now good. We all have to pray for wisdom and understanding and test the spirit. Be Bless. I love what you do.. 🙏🇯🇲🥰🥰
Bro, there's no good and bad voodoo, its demonic.
The diaspora have seen the secrets you can hide but you cannot hide for ever
@@almostfifty I beg to differ on that one.
Typical of a brainwashed person, who are you to declare the competing ideas evil?
@@thesportschannel3114Show respect to other people beliefs please! Voodoo is the best African religion
maya i would be glad if you show more of these african festivals. Like the Kundum festival,Aboakyir festival etc
Woow I was shocked to see a person from North Sudan celebrities voodoo festivals
I’m so proud to say I’m a Benin precisely Ouidah… and I’m in Benin right now ❤
Please I want to come for spiritual help I need a strong voodoo priest 😢
It's about time we value what we have as Africans, big ups Maya.
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Big up Jesus always ...th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html
Value😂. A countries with no running water, good roads, electricity, schools, jobs, security, corruption 😅.
God blessed Dahomey (Benin)! ❤🇭🇹
Heavenly Father, I pray that you keep anybody reading this alive,safe,healthy and financially
Blessed Amen 🙏🙏
Just getaway mann
Amen
@wodemaya If you ever visit Suriname, request to be taken to the Dujka(Juka) Settlement!!! You will be surprised that they made every effort to maintain AFRICAN ways!!!!!
Will be there this year
Wode maya when will you visit Suriname? Because i am waching you and miss Trudy and i enjoy your video's. I always say to my husband Maya is humble and you are not( joke)i love the way miss Trudy say; Maya is soo Humble; My husband and i are from Suriname but we are living in Holland and we will visit Suriname this year. I woul like to see you in person. I tell a lot of my friends and family about you, i love personality. Greetings from Holland
@@Ortenge I hope you will facilitate his visit to the Djukas!
Thank you Wode Maya for doing such a great job. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿I’m so proud of my culture❤️
Anybody unsubscribing is brainwashed. Don’t beg them. You have every right to cover any religion you want to cover especially when invited, and all peoples have a right to their religion
I really enjoyed your meeting with the South Sudanese woman, it was so good, she admires you a lot like we all do. Thank you for your work
She's from Sudan not south Sudan
I'm Luo from Kenya, Lake Victoria (Nam Lolwe). We do encounter pythons and treat them well, feed them. They have special significance. The particular one called "Omieri" appears occasionally and we treat it well,feed, take care. So I identify with these.
This one will add a million subscribers on this channel. Good piece Maya
Thanks for sharing. I am from Trinidad 🇹🇹. We call our Practice Orisa. A lot of ppl say we “wok obeah”. I could careless, I love my way of life. Olodumare blessings.
Bro keep the good work for the Africa community we are proud of you
Thank you Wode Maya. I'm so pleased that you have shown this video. It's time we remember our African religion and culture. I'm staying right here on your channel FOREVER. Peace xxx
I am a proud and unapologetic Vodou devotee living in Jamaica and in this island obeah and Vodou is condemned and seen as evil and wicked. It pains my heart to see caucasians running down Vodou knowledge and wisdom while so many Afrakan and Afrakan Caribbean people condemn their own heritage and culture. I will always honor and cherish my heritage and i pray that one day Vodou will be acknowledged as the birthright inheritance of Afrakans around the world. Ayibobo.
My Jamaican granny would be rolling in her grave about all this she was so brainwashed by Christianity. Time for us to wake up.
I agreed with you my dear, but it is not their fault but European deception.
Thanks for this Wode Maya. I appreciate you for keeping an open mind
Wode Maya is the best of all times content
Everybody is waking up!! Great video!!
Thank you for continuing to enlighten us. It's a shame as people of African descent we are so quick to dismiss anything and everything that is ours and we happily latch on to others beliefs. We need to be liberated mentally.
Content is always the same not until you watch a passionate fellow, i love the way you craft your subjects and this is interesting. i was hesitant to watch it but 5 minutes into it, i remembered that you cant post crap. thanks brother and please treat our Ugandan best you tuber Raymond as i look forward to join the you tube journey, i am currently a filmmaker. #Africato the world.
I must thank you for the education that we would have never known, if we don't travel and experience different Cultures.
I am a pastor , i am here to support you and also to understand this religion/culture. I may not agree with what they do but i am here to learn .
The white man won't what you to agree with what they go there to study.
pastor you should know better !!
@@stevostevozz1168 Knowledge is better so i know how to deal with the voodoo religion.
@@Ignite_TV you are right...water spirits
WE MUST DECONSTRUCTED OUR MIND
Now after watching this... it is in bucket list 🙏🏿🇰🇪
Wow thanks for taking us along sweetheart, l get to experience it through your lens and this is interesting
By far one of the best contents I've ever seen, the culture, the richness of the information, very educative, an eye opener...thank you Wode Maya!
Well you gained a follower!!! Love this...thank you
You are so humble and respectful Wode Maya, keep it up....
Vodun means Spirit. A Nature based Spirituality. Vodun has been Practied by our Ancestors for Thousands of Years just like all other diverse Indigenous Afrikan Spiritualities before Man-Made Colonizer religion was invented and Violently Foreced, via Slavery. Vodun has also Freed many of our Ancestors during the earliest days of the Maafa. Long Live Afrikan Spirituality ❤🖤💚 ✊🏾🌌🌠☀🌕🌳🌴🌺🛖.
Christ over culture ...th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html
YES, exactly!
Mboté thanks you so much for your passion, devotion and commitments.
Receive love and strentgh from us and ours great ancestors !
More followers for you great,honorable Wode M
Such a beautiful e respectful video.
Thank you Maya for giving voice to the people who practice and know this religion.
As an African I'm on my way to deconstruct the idea that Vodoo equals evil. And this video gave such insight.
You are doing a beautiful educational work here on TH-cam!
Beautiful coverage
I would subscribe all over again if i could.
Bless you maya.
WE MUST EMBRACE OUR GOOD ROOTS RITUALS
Yessssss
Demonic rituals! Christ over culture ...th-cam.com/video/L-lkwFqcNJQ/w-d-xo.html
AM DEFINATELY GOING TO FILM THE NEXT FESTIVAL. IN THE MEANTIME, LET ME SHARE THIS VIDEO.
Much love from South Africa
Africa will progress and african will lead a Confident and respectful life if they leave Colonial abrahamic religions like Christianity and islam. Africans should preserve, protect and improve their own culture, language like the Indians Did.
Excellent video. Thanks for educating our people on their rich history and cultural traditions.
Thank you for posting this video. I'm from the Diaspora, the Virgin islands, a place in the Caribbean to be precise. And videos like this makes me smile as it highlights our true culture and helps remove the stigma and negative connotations placed on vodou by those wicked colonizers who themselves have stolen our secrets and use it for their own selfish gain.
By the way, please come to the Caribbean and do a series of videos here. We would love to have you as we too are seeking to reconnect
US Virgin Islanders originate from Akwamu in Ghana
@@kwakuakonto8942 Wow, thanks for that info. I will look a bit more into Akwamu Ghana. Interestingly, I’ve always had an interest in Ghana.
Wode Maya, I love and enjoy watching all your videos. I'm in Jamaica and never care much about voodoo but still respect our ancestors and our African culture. I agreed with you 100% about having all them Europeans at the festival. We need to understand how to keep our culture sacred. These same ppl will turn up, learn our culture then use it for our demise. Then we wonder why after leaving these festivals and gatherings for us we are still divided and still living in poverty. Us as a people we need to draw the line where other nations are involved. Stay bless my brother and keep the content flowing.
Maya, there's nothing evil with our African traditional medicine that is based on nature.
Please let us stop using derogatory word to describe our ancestors traditional medicine as 'voodoo'. Haitian and Ethiopian used the African traditional medicine successfully, defeated the French and Italian their colonial powers long time ago. I'm happy that you have the courage to gave us this educational video on African traditional medicine that some of us used to in Yoruba culture, Western Nigeria when we are growing up.There is nothing evil about it.I cherish my African traditional medicine that is based on nature. God bless you and protect you for the amazing work you are doing for Mama Africa.
Thanks Wode Maya
Enjoy watching
So glad Africans are no more embarrass to embrace our culture
Our culture is part of our identity
It is who we are
To hate or be embarrass about our identity is to hate or be embarrass about ourselves
Voodoo is in my blood
It is my heritage
I embrace my heritage
This is your best documentary ever.
I am from Benin, specifically from Abomey. My great grand father was one of the warriors of the king Behanzin.
I went back 2 years ago and witness that rich culture. ... Amazing
I want to remind every African as said by Burna’s mother ; ‘ we were Africans before we became any other thing ‘.
Amazing and thank you for the insight into Africa
Voodoo, Hoodoo, Palo, Juju, none of them are inherently evil especially not just because some people are afraid of them.
All of it is witchcraft! DEMONIC! It destroys generations. If it was so good, why is it that Africa is least in all countries when it is vastly rich.
@@rasone9172 What did I say that you consider wrong? So is Voodoo evil to you?
@@rasone9172 what is wrong. Do you Understand voodoo or you just outrightly tag it evil?
@@chidinque no they aren’t evil. @Jax the wolf is correct. I was trying to respond to someone else…
@@jaxthewolf4572 you are correct in your comment. My bad & I trying to respond to some else. I concur fully with you…