Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful and accepted ...
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Eerie final message of North Carolina mom who died at Vodou ritual as son warns of 'something sinister'
Dana Jackson, 51, had traveled to Haiti back in July where she hoped to become a Manbo priestess, specialising in traditional Haitian Vodou rituals. But she never returned from the trip and her ...
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Haitian gangs massacre hundreds accused of 'witchcraft'
Practitioners believe that all living things – including animals and plants – have spirits, and use rituals, prayers and dances to connect with them. But Vodou has long been "attacked by other ...
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Cursed for all eternity? What Vodou has to do with the never-ending misery in Haiti
No other religion has been so maliciously opposed and deliberately misunderstood by foreign countries for over two hundred years as Vodou, writes Kate Ramsey in «The Spirits and the Law ...