Zombies, black magic, dolls impaled with stickpins, witch doctors muttering spells and curses: Vodou, or “voodoo” as many people spell it, is the eye of a storm of fears and stereotypes. Many of them ...
Mention voodoo and it immediately conjures images of curses, zombies and other dark magic. Those are images Iveta Pirgova is trying to combat. Pirgova is curator of "Remembering Ginen: Haitian Vodou ...
Two separate crimes against children in recent days have one haunting similarity: authorities have pointed to Voodoo rituals as a possible motive. But practitioners of Haitian Vodou, which adherents ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum reveals the mysteries behind "Vodou," and the difference between that and what we think of as voodoo. The exhibit called "Vodou: Sacred Powers ...
Whether writing in English, French or Creole, the correct spelling of the predominant religion in Haiti is Vodou, according to the official orthography of Haitian Creole language, said Terry Rey, ...
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