14 sept 2007

>>>VOODOO

* vous doux *


Voodoo is a religion practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries, especially Haiti, syncretized from Roman Catholic ritual elements and the animism and magic of slaves from West Africa, in which a supreme God rules a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities, deified ancestors, and saints, who communicate with believers in dreams, trances, and ritual possessions. Also called vodoun.


It is focused on the snake deity, Zombi, other deities, and dead ancestors. These are contacted via trances that are often brought on by drugs, passionate dancing, or a combination of both.

Magic spells and charms that adherents of voodoo believe convey magic powers over the living, the dead, and the undead (entranced zombies)



*photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott.
*Styled by Alex White

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