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Tank Ball explores the origins of Hoodoo, a unique and powerful form of spiritual practice deeply rooted in African American culture and the ancient ritual of ancestral worship.
Religions like Vodou in Haiti, Candomblé in Brazil, and Santería in Cuba share similarities with Hoodoo, but are unique to the places where they were created. Through interviews with renowned scholar Kameelah Martin and spiritual practitioner Daa’iyah Salaam, Tank Ball traces the lineage of Hoodoo back to the era of slavery, where African spiritual beliefs intertwined with Christianity and provides an intimate glimpse into the practices and philosophies that bind generations together.
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In Ritual, Grammy-nominated musician Tank Ball journeys through the long-held rituals and traditions of the South. From the widely-shared to the deeply personal, rituals define a community’s relationship between the past and present, and their resonance in the collective regional consciousness.
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I am thankful for the wisdom of these beautiful and elegant women 🙏🏾💕
Who song that song at the end
What song is that in the end? It's beautiful!
I'm 32 black American and German and I have always been drawn to this part of African Haitian and Creole people hoodoo and voodoo and have always wondered if I can practice as a black American if it's in my blood if I have the abilities I'm just curious is it my culture to
I have spoken things and they have happened i have dreams of warnings or signs and if not that something very similar takes place i feel drained when interacting with people i love cooking herbs spices candles must always be lit i love being in or around water and ive always wanted to know why
She's so well spoken, I think I got a new Crush!!
Father's, grand father's, great grand father's
as a white dude from germany, thank you for this insight into the culture and religion that is hoodoo 🙂
9:42 wow 🙏
I thank God our tax dollars invested in this. I’m so grateful for all forms of free education we have been blessed to have access to.
We only worship nd praise God 💯💯💯✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️
Beautiful video.
ASE 👑 Queen ♥️
"one day we too will be ancestors"
Let’s be honest, they are a great number of ancestors who were not in are not in our corner nor champion things in our best interest. We just don’t randomly honor every single ancestor but those who are benevolent and were doing the work of our creator and leaving space for those who’ve done the opposite to transform and heal.
Hoodoo is not a religion nor is it the same as Voudu or Santaria.
My maternal grandmother, originally from Newellton, Louisiana became a local conjur woman in the Richard Allen projects of Philadelphia. As a young girl, I thought my mama was making stew every time my dad would do a taxi shift and then I learned she was "puttin' on pots" for him to make a lot of money on his shift
I had been somewhat disconnected and stuck for a few years and recently really started leaning back in – unapologetically – watching just two episodes of this series has me in a mild catharsis right now
THE SKELETON KEY brought me here ❤ love that movie!
I’ve found my people.
We are not Africans Hoodoo is all American created but us indigenous Americans
They don't know we was already here😮😮😮 we are Afro- indigenous
What song is that in the intro and outro?
This is interesting. I'm multi/racial, including indigenous, and was Born in MS. Some of the things I always saw as natural healing or old wives tales I recognized in "Sinners" and began looking for info. Some may just be a southern thing, I don't know. But I remember bottle trees and our haint blue porch. My grandmother used herbs and roots as medicine. My Big Mama was very superstitious too. As a young child I remember an elderly relative praying, running out the front door, and driving an iron stake in the ground during a tornado outbreak. I was a weird kid. Used to sneak my moms cluster of Christmas bells and slept with them by my bed. For some reason I thought they protected me. I do believe in honoring my ancestors. I have their photos on my wall. The oldest is at the top.
You can directly blame Hollywood for demonization of voodoo, hoodoo, Vodun and all forms of witchcraft as well. I simply chuckle to myself now when I watch conjuring movies using pentacles as a mean to summon demons when they are used to keep demons out. It’s quite comical to me listening to people say that Halloween or Samhain is a devils holiday when it is our holiday for speaking with our deceased, leaving out a plate for them to remind them that they are not forgotten. While I’ll admit I find no practice of the craft is solely through blood, agree or disagree to your satisfaction, but all of our faiths are tied around ancestral practice, a deep connection to nature and exploring the spiritual paths that are not set, but stand before us.
Hoodoo thank you
Hoodoo is not Vodoo,they all are different,Voodoo is a established religion very much like Catholics with the same Saints and Maryters and things like that,Hoodoo is Creole which combines a whole lot of indigenous American beliefs and White Magic.
This is BEAUTIFUL. Thank you for celebrating us. I come from a lineage of sanctified women from Mississippi, and I continue to practice EVERY DAY.
This was a wonderful piece.thank you pbs
I thank all of you beautiful women because I LOVE MY ANCESTORS ESPECIALLY MY NEW ORLEANS BLACK INDIANS AND MARIE LAVEAU ONE AND TWO 😘🧬⚜️
Awesome🎉
Maferefun Eguns ❤
Ase
Her voice is the voice is so godly
Our ancestors cant intervene with anything in our physical world maybe in our dreams yeah
This why they white wash and criticize our tradition cause they know we will thrive.
YES ‼️‼️
And Obeah in Jamaica.
10:02 I prefer "Ancestor acknowledgement" over the term "Ancestor worship".
She definitely tried to make a Conjurer everything good and one dimensional, however, that is untrue.
There are Black women, especially those African ones, that use Hoodoo for evil purposes solely and jointly.
WE ARENT AFRICAN AMERICAN
I HONOR my ancestors, I do not worship them.
Not worship. Veneration
first time i hear someone speaking about candomblé in english. as a brazilian, thank you.
You really see in low country holiness black churches
The language barrier as seen today yes, English vernacular of caribou is broken and causing them to turn into fakes
So they can think on how they'll sell they momma candy
Or have a superpower govt come against a small country, because of misconceptions (DEVIL)