In Haiti voodoo began as an underground activity ... Westerners tend to believe in free will and personal choice. Not so in voodoo. "The Haitian people have a view of the world that is ...

The mixture of gods and goddesses and Catholic saints is an integral part of Haitian life - one common saying is that Haitians are 70% Catholic, 30% Protestant, and 100% voodoo. "We've always been the ...

Voodoo has often played a role in Haitian politics. Francois Duvalier, the dictator who ruled Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971, co-opted voodoo priests and used them to exercise control ...

Thousands of Haitian voodoo believers make the trek to the Plaine du Nord each ... Throughout the month of July there are voodoo ceremonies and pilgrimages all over Haiti. Some of the believers jump ...

Haitian elites could not openly support the religion. The Catholic Church based in Rome forced Haiti to adopt Roman Catholicism as its official religion. Over the years, several anti-Voodoo ...

RAM’s Haitian-American leader ... an amazing mix of people cram onto the veranda. “I came to Haiti to mix pop rhythms with voodoo,” says Mr. lTC Morse. “Our music came from Africa ...

Haiti’s government says the country ... the child,” RNDDH said in a report seen by CNN. Voodoo is widely practiced in parts of Haitian society. “On Friday, December 6, Micanor shot and ...

The United Nations human rights chief said Monday that 184 people were killed over the weekend in the Haitian capital ... that pushed the death toll from Haiti's spiraling security crisis to ...

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For many in the West, Voodoo invokes images of animal sacrifices, magical dolls and chanted spells. But Voodoo – as practiced in Haiti and by the black diaspora in the United States, South America and ...