Voodoo - Plaine Du Nord

Here is a Voodoo Funeral Ceremony in Lakou Souvenance

Mass graves after the Haitian earthquake in January 2010 were an inevitable consequence of such a catastrophe. But, to a country so steeped in and quixotically dependent on the use of ceremony to assist their departed from this world to the next, ignorance of their loved one's final resting place is difficult for the living to bear. Almost a month from the earthquake, one funeral director revealed he'd handled less than ten funerals. Considering the hundreds of thousands who died, the sum of souls still linked to their earthly bodies is a terrifying concept.

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The idea of human sacrifice is a myth and goes against the moral code in place in Voodoo Religion. Voodoo religion does not believe in harming others. The myth was passed on due to the secret aspect of Voodooism which arose from people having to sneak around in order to practice it

Four Myths about Voodoo

1. Voodooists participate in human sacrifice was perpetuated by Haitian Consul Sir John Spenser, who created the myth in a book.

2. Voodoo dolls are meant to hurt others. Real Voodoo dolls are used to represent the loa gods, a way to communicate with the spirits of the dead.

3. Voodoo is a satanic practice. Voodoo actually has features in common with Catholicism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.

4. Voodoo priests re-animate the dead as zombies. In Haiti the myth of zombies is used as thought control.

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In the region of Plaine du Nord in Haiti, every year people travel from all over to celebrate and to participate in Voodoo ceremony for several days. This is called Fete champetre. This kind of voodoo celebration takes place in differen areas of Haiti at differen times.

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Here is a Haitian man taking a bath in the dirty water in Plaine Du Nord. It is part of a Voodoo Ceremony in Plaine du Nord, haiti. There are many people later who performed the same act

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Here is the picture of a Haitian possessed by the Loa and sweeming in the dirty water in a Voodoo Ceremony in Plaine du Nord, haiti. This ia an annual ritual in Haiti where people travel from all over the country to particip[ate in the ritual

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Here are some Haitians participating in the annual voodoo ritual in Plaine du Nord, haiti. This is an annual Voodoo Ceremony that takes place and many people come from all over the country to participate and be possessed by the Lwa

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