The are the current known World Voodoo Lineages Many traditions of "Voodoo" do not call themselves that, here are the names and origin places of ongoing West African practices. I have put the music instrument to denote some lineage.
1 Asogwe Asson lineage "Haitian Vodou" Haiti, especially near the capitol Port au Prince
They will call their tradition Ginen or Sevis Lwa,Serving the Lwa: Mambo/Manbo or Houngan Priest/Oungan
2 21 Divisions: Dominican Republic, preserve nations of spirits as tribes in the new world from Africa
Use of Saints may feature more prominently, Mama Mambo and Papa Lwa
3 Tegare Tigare / Nana Priest, some djinn magic merged with Islam, masculine Nana priest
Akan have Komfo Priests, Tron: Wami Wata, may have Hindu Syncretism,
Ewe, Mina, Fon: In West Africa Togo Ghana Benin Nigeria,
Vodoun, Use Shekere
4 Sanse: Puerto Rico, Sancista, with Espiritismo Spiritualist Seance Tradition Tcha Tcha/Kwa
5 New Orleans Voodoo, Louisiana Voodoo, USA,
Vodouisants/devotee and family practice/
Expats from other Vodou etc African practices settled mostly here and on the eastern seaboard from NY to Florida then to a lesser extent SE and South
6 Gullah Geechee people : Florida, South Carolina, Georgia: USA
7 Family /Lakou yard Baptismal style Tcha, Haiti especially in the North, Dominican Republic. Root traditions such as Souvenance, and other formative pre revolution groups.
8 Haitiano "Cuban Vudu" via Oriente East Cuba and Havana Kimbisa/ Maraca/Tcha due to the absence of gourd but with same 3 drum set as Haitians
9 Offshoot maroon society such as SanPwel, Bizango, Makaya/practices, Zobop etc: Haiti
10 Winti : West African origin: Suriname South America
11 There was preserved a line of Dahomey Voudoun "Orisha"into Yoruba based Santeria such as the family of Babaluaye, Nana Buruku, and Nanu are usually given together and Orisha names also given instead of Ellegua is given also Afra/ Eshu Afra, Afrakete instead of Yemaya etc
The Awan basket cleansing ceremony done at Olokun and Babaluaye reception are done. Cuba via Ifa /Santeria/Ocha priests are Santera/Santero or for Ifa masculine Babalwo
Honorable Mention: Quimbanda where I believe it is the spirit Exu Marabo is said to have retained West African Islamic Male line under Ochosi (seen as mixed-native heritage sort of like Nsasi/Siete Rayos in Cuban Palo) which is why under mixed people in the new world he rules some appearance of tribe division from the kingdom of Lyre and associated crossroads. While Umbanda/Candomble and associated Quimbanda have spirits under Yoruba and mainly spiritualist/Congo influenced. There were conversion in Africa of Muslim and Congolese Christians before Transatlantic slavery to Brazil
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