Voodoo has played both healing and political roles in Haiti. The 1791 Bois Caïman ... as informants and weaponizing spirits like Baron Samedi. A woman reacts to being ‘possessed by a spirit ...

They return to Haiti man and wife ... ruins everything.” In voodoo lore, Baron Samedi is the chief of the legion of the dead; he is represented by a wooden cross decked out, scarecrow fashion ...

The third of this troika of doc-tators of the late 20th century was Dr François Duvalier, who turned Haiti into a hellish ... the fatal power of Baron Samedi, the Voodoo spirit figure associated ...

It is believed it houses the remains of the guardian of the dead, known in Haitian voodoo as Baron Samedi. However, few people ventured out to the cemetry on Friday morning after armed men were ...

Port-au-Prince, Nov 1 (EFE) – The Day of the Dead celebrations on Friday did not escape the violence that plagues Haiti ... of the spirit known as Baron Samedi, guardian of the dead, a few ...

Practitioners of Haitian Vodou believe in a supreme creator ... Some viewers even pointed out that the depiction was actually closer to Bawon Samdi (also spelled Baron Samedi), another Vodou spirit ...

Haitian voodoo shrines also feature Native American ... followers of the spirits of death (Baron Samedi and Grande Brigitte), right through to drug compositions, the exhibition alternates between ...

I’d read enough about vodou – not racist, Westernised “voodoo” but the real ... Gede during ceremonies honouring the Haitian vodou spirit of Baron Samedi (AFP/Getty) (AFP/Getty Images ...

“Haitian voodoo is in fact real, and to dismiss the story out-of-hand rather than listen to the citizens of Springfield, Ohio confirms in the minds of many voters the stereotype of Democrats as ...

The waterfall behind the 15th green served as the setting for Baron Samedi’s sacrificial voodoo ritual in 1973 ... goes as follows. Born in Haiti to British parents in the early 1800s, Annie ...