including the practice of voodoo religion. French colonial rulers peopled Haiti with black slaves captured on the west coast of Africa where the Fon and the Yoruba, among others, practiced voodoo ...
The victims were suspected of involvement in voodoo and accused by a gang leader of poisoning his child, with the suspects taken to a “training center” where many were dismembered or burned ...
“It is to come back and live their culture, art and spirituality for those who practice Voodoo,” said Houetchenou. The festival gained popularity over the years from within and outside ...