Many of the blue and red-robed believers jump into the pond as well. This is the climax of the voodoo ceremony at the Plaine du Nord, some 300 kilometres north of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

This is the climax of the voodoo ceremony at the Plaine du Nord, some 300 kilometres north of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Thousands of Haitian voodoo believers make the trek to the Plaine ...

magical dolls and chanted spells. But Voodoo – as practiced in Haiti and by the black diaspora in the United States, South America and Africa – is a religion based on ancestral spirits and ...

A Haiti gang boss ordered the killing of more than a hundred people who appeared to be practicioners of voodoo after accusing them of casting spells that killed his son. At least 110 people were ...

In Haitian voodoo, God is supreme and is not involved ... Like Christianity it has one God but incorporates pagan elements such as spell casting and calling spirits. Mr Beauvoir’s grand house ...

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 ...