Living Vodou
February 4, 2010
The word "Vodou" evokes images of sorcery and sticking pins into dolls. In fact, it's a living tradition wherever Haitians are found based on ancestral religions in Africa. We walk through this mysterious tradition — one with dramatic rituals of trances and dreaming and of belief in spirits, who speak through human beings, with both good and evil potential.
About the Image
An ougan, or Vodou priest, is possessed by the spirit of Gede in a basement in Brooklyn, New York.=
