No other religion has been so maliciously opposed ... writes Kate Ramsey in «The Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti.» The critics wanted to prove that Vodou was responsible for ...

Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful and accepted ...

Louis’s softly menacing effigy of a Haitian deity posed in a flood of daylight at the Gardner Museum. The handful of steps ...

Voodoo, or Vodou as it's known in Haiti, is one of the country's official ... including animals and plants – have spirits, and use rituals, prayers and dances to connect with them.

Colorfully and wildly dressed characters blend Christianity, folklore, and indigenous perspectives in a ritual of spirited ... jealousy and passion in the Haitian Vodou paradigm.