Candomblé Jeje is the Candomblé

Candomblé

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 cult that the Vodous of Kingdom of Dahomey

Abomey

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 brought to the Brazil

Brazil

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 by enslaved Africans in various regions of West Africa

West Africa

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 and Central Africa

Central Africa

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. These Voduns are the rich, complex and high Fon mythology. The various ethnic groups as Fon

Fon people

The Fon people, or Fon nu, are a major West African ethnic and linguistic group in the country of Benin, and southwest Nigeria, made up of more than 3,500,000 people. The Fon language is the main language spoken in Southern Benin, and is a member of the Gbe language group...

, Ewe, Fante

Fante language

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, Ashanti, mine

Mining

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 to come in Brazil

Brazil

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, were called "djedje", deployed here in your worship Salvador

Salvador, Bahia

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, Cachoeira and São Félix

São Félix, Bahia

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 in Bahia

Bahia

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, and São Luís

São Luís, Maranhão

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 of Maranhão

Maranhão

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, then spread itself to several Brazilian states.

Candomblé Jejé is one of the major branches (nations) of Candomblé

Candomblé

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, an Afro-American religion

Afro-American religion

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. It developed mainly among slaves of the Ewe and Fon

Fon people

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 ethnic groups, from the region of Dahomey

Dahomey

Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...

 (present-day Benin

Benin

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) in Africa. The name is actually a Yoruba

Yoruba language

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 word meaning stranger, which is what those groups represented to them.

Voduns

Jejé deities are called Voduns (sing. Vodum) in Portuguese spelling. According to tradition, they were introduced into the Kingdom of Dahomey from nearby lands by its founder King Adja-Tado, on the advice of a bokono (seer). Their cult was reorganized and uniformized by King Agajah in the 18th century.

Jejé Voduns are sometimes cultuated in houses of other nations by different names. For instance, the Vodum Dan or Bessen is called Oxumarê in Candomblé Ketu

Candomblé Ketu

Candomblé Ketu is the largest and most influential nation of Candomblé, a religion widely practiced in Brazil...

, Sakpata is called Omolu, etc. Conversely the Ketu Orishas may be cultuated in Jejé houses, but retain their names.

Voduns are organized into families:

Dan	Yewá	Fá
Togun	Tohossou	Nohê Aikunguman
Tobossi	Sakpata	Wealth Voduns
Hevioso	Aveji-Dá	Nanã
Marine Naés	Freshwater Naés	Eku and Awun
Mawu-Lisa	Hohos	-