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positive-memes:

Voodoo Doll

it sounds like a joke but that’s their original purpose

the hatian ‘voodoo doll’ was based off of african healing dolls made of wood. you would do nice things to the doll, place it in nice places, or add brightly colored pegs. you made dolls of you and your friends so you could try and make their lives comfortable

the one we think of was corrupted by the brittish, who had ‘poppets’, which were fabric stuffed dolls you stabbed.