The Day of the Dead in Haiti sees voodoo believers congregate to remember their dead loved ones and also take part in celebrations to honour the voodoo spirits of Baron Samedi and Gede.

In Haiti the spirits are as real as your wife or your dog," Corbett said. Like any other religious practice, voodoo brings great benefits, explains Warberg, the photographer.

Vodouisants believe the Gede, or the dead, rituals honor their ancestors and the spirits and help clear the pain of recent tragedies. About 1 million Haitians live in the U.S., most in Florida.

Haitian Voodoo has been influenced by Christianity and French imperialism. West African Voodoo is practiced by some 30 million people and its rituals have not changed much over the centuries. 24/7 ...

During these times, many Voodoo practitioners make their requests to the Loa or Iwa (spirits of Haitian Voodoo). The region’s Taino Indians also centered many of their rituals around the same light.

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 patron saints.

In a dark, airless temple decorated with paper flags and moldy, voodoo houngan Adnor Adely takes on the look of one possessed. His eyes shut tight. His shoulders hunch. His hands leap up as if to ...

We are not afraid to serve the spirits of Guinea.” In Haiti, the spiritual world is omnipresent, a raucous realm where voodoo, folklore, superstition, Protestant and Catholic faiths compete ...

GRESSIER Haiti -- In a dark airless temple decorated with paper flags and moldering food voodoo "houngan" Adnor Adely takes on the look of one possessed. His eyes shut tight. His shoulders hunch. H… ...

Haitians honored their ancestors to mark the Day of the Dead on Tuesday in colorful voodoo rituals that offered a respite from the ... Haiti , November 1, 2021 ... communing with ancestral spirits ...

Voodoo priests can be seen painted in white and sacrificing bulls in bizarre Haiti rituals with creepy dolls. 46 A voodoo priest plays the role of a spirit during a ceremony Sunday Credit: Paolo ...