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Interior of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum 744 Dumaine Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Interior of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
A houngan, or voodoo priest, sits atop a bull that is about to be slaughtered in a ceremonial sacrifice
A voodoo priestess sits in her hut in Port-au-Prince waiting for a customer. Victims who have been cursed expect to pay between $10-$100 dollars to be exorcised
Young men wear special hoods for a Voodoo
festival, 1993
Ouidah, Benin
A houngan, or Voodoo priest, drains the blood of a bull, slaughtered in a ceremonial sacrifice at the St. Yves Voodoo celebration. K'orouck, Ance-a-Veau, Haiti
A woman at a Voodoo festival in Ouidah carries a variety of ritual objects with her, including shells and a large doll. 1993, Benin
A woman appears to be in a trance during a Voodoo ceremony, Haiti
Haiti. Members of the La Kou Souvenance, a voodoo practicing community that congregates in Gonaives, celebrate Easter and bathe in holy waters. The congregations repeatedly dance in circular motions and formations to the beat of a drum for long hours. This is the first night of four
Worshipers perform a ceremonial dance at a Voodoo festival in Ouidah
A mambo, or Voodoo priest, is "posessed" during the St. Yves Voodoo celebration. K'orouck, Ance-a-Veau, Haiti
А voodoo ceremony in Haiti
Man Playing Drum at Voodoo Ceremony
Voodoo Fetish Ceremony. Benin
A voodoo priest leads a ceremony in the sacred forest of Be. Lome, Togo
А voodoo ceremony in Haiti
Voodoo Ceremony. A sacrificial goat is used as part of a temple ceremony in Benin
Haitians celebrate Easter Friday in Gonaives during a procession known as Gros Moteur Rara, a result of a mixture of Catholicism and their voodoo practices
Santeria is equivalent to Haiti's Voodoo religion, combining elements of Roman Catholicism and African spirit worship. Havana, Cuba
A band plays musical instruments during a voodoo trance ceremony. Lome, Togo
А voodoo ceremony in Haiti
A voodoo priest leads a ceremony in the sacred forest of Be. Lome, Togo
А voodoo cervices in Haiti
Tofuni Woman with Facial Scars. Scarring to the face can signify a follower of voodoo, or simply a member of a tribe. Ganvie, Benin
The carcas of a bull, slaughtered in a ceremonial sacrifice, hangs from a hook at the St. Yves Voodoo celebration
Woman at Voodoo Trance Ceremony
Man in Voodoo Ritual Clothing. Village worshipers gather with religious leaders for a voodoo festival in Ouidah. Ouidah, Benin
Pilgrims take part in the annual cleansing ritual bath at the Limonade beach 320 kilometers north of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. The ritual is part of the week of Plaine du Nord and Limonade Voodoo ceremonies which take place in July
Voodoo King with Followers. Village worshipers gather in their ritual clothing for a voodoo festival in Ouidah, Benin
Decorated Voodoo Guardians
A high priest of the Santeria religion sits in a room used for ceremonies. The religion, an African/Catholic blend similiar to voodoo, has thrived in Cuba since the revolution
Sacrificial goats are used as part of a temple voodoo ceremony in Benin
A mambo, or Voodoo priestess, holds the head of a bull slaughtered in a ceremonial sacrifice, at the St. Yves Voodoo celebration
A woman representing Madam Bidget holds a bottle of clarin ak pimont rum in the capital's main cemetery during the annual Voodoo Gede festival. The woman drinks the homemade rum mixed with hot peppers and rubs it on her private parts. The Gede spirits oversee the cemetery
A sacrificial bull is killed during an Easter voodoo ceremony as members of the La Kou Souvenance, a voodoo practicing community that congregates in Gonaives, celebrate Easter. The celebration is a mixture of Catholic Easter tradition and post colonial African rites. The congregations repeatedly dance in circular motions and formations to the beat of a drum for long hours
Easter voodoo ceremony
Voodoo priest
The Day of the dead. Voodoo worshipers dancing in a temple, celebrating Ghede
The Day of the dead. Pictured: Voodoo worshipers dancing in a temple, celebrating Ghede
Voodoo Ceremony In Brooklyn, New York, USA
Voodoo Ritual
