Vodou also has countless lwas, although Ogou Je Wouj — the god of red eyes — has grown more significant to Haitians given the lack of security in the country, said Erol Josué, ...

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 ...

Over nearly 100 years, the hotel survived political upheaval, military occupation, and earthquakes, the steadfast cultural ...

Vodou and Hoodoo served as tools for slaves to subtly resist their oppressors and maintain a sense of control, Hollidy said. “It was a way to commune with your ancestors, ask for guidance, and ...

Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence. By The Associated Press. Published May 9, 2024 9:10 pm . By ...

Vodou derives from the Fon language, and it translates to “spirit” or “deity”. The religion is central to Haitian culture. Anthropologist Ira Lowenthal told the UK’s Guardian newspaper ...

During part of the Vodou ceremony, Jackson was not allowed to contact the outside world. Timothy said he heard from her on July 13 — 13 days before she was supposed to return to the US.

Vodou is an African religion and comes from the word Fon which means "God" or "Spirit" and "originated in the ancient kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Nigeria, Benin, and Togo)", according to an ...

Dana Jackson, 51, traveled to Haiti on July 1 with a group that she met through the Vodou community. On July 22, Dana Jackson’s family was told that she had died unexpectedly.

A North Carolina man is asking for answers after his mom died while on a Vodou retreat in Haiti.. Dana Jackson, 51, wanted to become a Manbo priestess.A Manbo priestess “is a female ritual ...

Vodou, though, had spirited it away in its entirety. It was probably the placebo effect, I told myself – after all, houngans had mastered the nocebo effect like nobody else.

Vodou is attracting more believers given the surge in gang violence and government inaction, said Cecil Elien Isac, a 4th-generation oungan. “Whenever the community has a big problem, ...