<P> In American South, hoodoo is mainly practiced by Protestant Christians . </P> <P> New Orleans Spiritualist churches honor the spirit of Black Hawk, a Sauk war chief who was influential in early 19th - century Illinois and Wisconsin . The New Orleans Spiritualist religion is a blend of Spiritualism, Vodun, Catholicism, and Pentecostalism . The Voodoo - influenced Spiritualist churches that survive in New Orleans are the result of syncretism of these and other spiritual practices . </P> <P> Singing is among important rituals as part of voodoo worship . Songs have been passed down orally for hundreds of years . Songs would be accompanied by patting, clapping and foot stomping, but not drum playing, unless it was part of the weekly public ceremony in Congo Square in New Orleans during slavery times . </P> <P> Songs are sung to give descriptions of personalities for the deities, such as their names, likes and dislikes, origin, responsibilities, strengths, and weaknesses . Sometimes the songs are sung in address to the deities, and sometimes as if the deities themselves were speaking (or singing). Many songs mirror tunes of the Catholic Church, as well as associate the Catholic saints with African deities . </P>

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