Voodoo: The old religion rises from the rubble in Haiti In the aftermath of one of the world's worst earthquakes, priests and missionaries are competing for the souls of a traumatised population ...

VOODOO, RELIGION ARE PART OF HAITI By Michael Hirsley UPDATED: August 9, 2021 at 8:46 PM CDT ...

"For a religion that's supposedly the national religion of the Haitian people, it's amazingly absent in the earthquake phenomena," says Gerald Murray, a University of Florida anthropologist who has ...

Inside the voodoo rituals of Haiti In Haiti voodoo is recognized as a religion. Here are some of its rituals and what it means to believers.

Like many voodoo practitioners, Duverger regards voodoo’s absence of formal doctrine as an asset, a simplicity that allows the religion to conform to local needs and interests.

Voodoo has been practised in Haiti since the late 18th Century, but only now has it been recognised as a religion on a par with others.

Voodoo is often seen as a practice involving magic. In Haiti, Voodoo is a religion born out of the struggle of slaves. And today, it is used as a form of healing and protection.

Islam has won a growing number of followers in Haiti, especially after the quake that left millions homeless.

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.

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 ...

Haiti's traditional religion has kept a low profile in the aftermath of the earthquake. The songs and prayers heard amid the rubble and tent cities around Port-au-Prince are overwhelmingly Christian.