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.

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 ...

Voodoo is widely practiced in parts of Haitian society ... would be capable of casting a bad spell on his son,” and left the bodies of victims mutilated in the streets.

More than 180 people were killed in Haiti in a wave ... all elderly people and voodoo practitioners who, in his imagination, would be capable of sending a bad spell on his son." ...

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 ...

"He decided to cruelly punish all elderly people and voodoo practitioners who, in his imagination, would be capable of sending a bad spell on his son," a statement from the Haiti-based group said. UN ...

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 ...