THIS is a place where spooky cemeteries draw crowds, thieves dig for graves and a voodoo priestess is a folk hero. And it’s right in America’s backyard. After creole seafood, jazz and Hurricane ...

But for the gentle hissing of pythons, Dah Dangbénon's voodoo temple could have been mistaken for a new-age hippy gathering. Seated in a semicircle on fraying raffia mats, devotees listened ...

Ricardo Petit-Homme left Haiti when he was four, and was raised a staunch Catholic. "From christening to penance and then confirmation, I did it all," the 30-year-old interior decorator said. But not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horror movies and crime shows often tell stories about evil "voodoo doctors" who terrorize their victims with black magic. Even ...

On Benin's national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and tourists alike. Over a thousand ...

Gilbert Kakpo, a Voodoo priest, stands by a a sacred tree, who he claims is the protector of women at the Bohouezoun sacred forest in Benin, on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. “Our divinity is the protector ...