With rituals involving music, dance, and offerings, Vodou fosters a reciprocal relationship between practitioners and the divine. ... Vodou; Haiti's African-Derived Religion.

Though Alain Pierre-Louis grew up in a Haitian family that attended Catholic church services most Sundays, he always felt a spiritual pull toward something else. Vodou, a Haitian religion rooted ...

In Little Children Dream of God, as Sula begins her new life in America, she is haunted by memories about her past in Haiti. These include her connection to, and possible misuse of, Vodou practices.

This sense of Vodou as a primitive practice also shaped American impressions of Haiti. The U.S. military occupied the country from 1915 to 1934, during a formative period in the U.S. empire ...

Also, the practice of Vodou isn’t bound to Haiti alone, for example; you can find plenty of worshipers in places like NY, Florida and Montreal. Learn more about Anthony Karen at his website ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Ricardo Petit-Homme left Haiti when he was 4 and was raised a staunch Catholic. “From christening to penance and then confirmation, I did it all,” the 30-year-old ...

A Haitian Vodou baptism ceremony on Dania Beach. Offerings at a Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, altar in Little Havana. A Muslim man praying inside Miami’s oldest mosque.

A Haitian Vodou baptism ceremony on Dania Beach. Offerings at a Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, altar in Little Havana. A Muslim man praying inside Miami’s oldest mosque.

A person touches a monument to Baron Samedi and Gede during a ceremony honoring the Haitian Vodou spirit at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 1 2021.