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 ...

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 Miami photo exhibit dispels myths about Haitian-American religious traditions A show at HistoryMiami Museum focuses on ceremonies from vodou, ifa and santeria traditions that are actively ...

In Haiti bones are common in Vodou altars and sculptures, but Eugene’s Biennale co-curator, Leah Gordon, says people do slightly obsess over the body parts. Advertisement ...

A Vodouist clad in white invokes a gede spirit during the Saint George celebration, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou ...

A Haitian vodou ceremony in Port-au-Prince (Julia Buckley) I remember trying to zone out as he pawed at me, wondering whether, if I screamed, he might come out of his trance or someone in the ...

Dana Jackson, 51, traveled to Haiti on July 1 with a group that she met through the Vodou community, her son, Timothy Jackson, told USA Today.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles. They pause to swig rum out of small ...