MY GUIDE TO YOUR DIY MOJO BAG

MOJO AROUND THE GLOBE

From the Sahara to the South African plains and across the Atlantic to the Americas, these little bundles of power have traveled and transformed, carrying our ancestors’ magic with them. Here’s a guide to what they’re called around the world:

• Bolsa de Protección – Puerto Rico (Espiritismo)
• Bolsitas de Protección – Mexico (Curanderismo)
• Charm Pouch – Wodaabe (Niger/Chad, Fulani people)
• Fundas – Dominican Republic (21 Divisiones, Vodou)
• Garde – Martinique, Guadeloupe, Trinidad & Tobago (French Caribbean, Shango Baptist)
• Gris-gris / Grigri – Mandé (West Africa), Senegal (Wolof), Louisiana (USA, Voodoo), Tuareg (Sahara Desert)
• Guard – Jamaica (Obeah)
• Himat – Egypt, Sudan (Nubian traditions)
• Hirz (Talisman Bag) – Morocco (Amazigh/Berber and Arab traditions)
• Isikhonkwane – South Africa (Zulu/Xhosa)
• Juju Bundle – Nigeria (Yoruba, West Africa)
• Kitab/Meketeb Scroll Bags – Ethiopia (Horn of Africa)
• Mojo Bag / Mojo Hand – Southern USA (Hoodoo, African American communities)
• Nkisi – Congo (Bakongo traditions, Central Africa)
• Obia Guards – Honduras, Belize (Garifuna communities)
• Obias – Suriname (Winti traditions)
• Patuá – Brazil (Candomblé, Umbanda)
• Prenda – Cuba (Palo Mayombe)
• Pwen – Haiti (Vodou)
• Tcherot – Tuareg (Sahara Desert)
• Toby / Toby Hand – Southern USA (Hoodoo)
• Vodun Bundles – Togo & Benin (Vodun heartland, West Africa)
• Wanga – Haiti (Vodou)