Syncretism: Adapting Religious Beliefs to Traditional Customs

The early converts of Central and West Africa did not abandon their past lifestyle altogether. Mixing new religions through ancient religions and customs and understanding. This method is called fusion and does not strictly follow Islamic customs, so its way is a bit unpopular. It is considered a Muslim stain due to a pagan ceremony. Along with the collapse of the kingdom of Ghana, their successor, the Mali Empire, was founded on the success of the dynasty founder Sundiata, often referred to as Mary's greatest king.

"Convergence is a form of conservatism that emphasizes the integration between existing entities and innovation, the term fusionism is also used in deliberate coalitions of religious beliefs" (Trenor: 1999) There are two or more aspects of religion. All parties have been added together to form a religion that can be agreed. In order to alleviate tension and allow culture to agree on belief system, it is necessary to integrate religion. Integration is not a new way to solve religious problems. Since the formation of Islam and the religion of that era, integration has existed. In this article I will describe three religions, Santeria, Voodoo, Buddhism. Even though Santeria and Voodoo originate the same, religion may be different. Buddhism is separated from the other two Buddhisms, integration is widely prevalent and included to show what is not limited to Africa.

Haiti is known for its popular religion and its practitioner calls it "serve for the Loire", but literature and the outside world call it a bitches. This religious complex is a fusion of faith, ritual and religious experts in Africa and Catholic, and its practitioner (sèvitè) is still a member of the Catholic Diocese. Its outer world has long been known as "Black Magic", it is actually a religion, and most of its experts earn income from healing patients rather than attacking targeted victims .