VOODOO BATHS IN HAITI: FROM BEAUTY TO FIERCENESS
Voodoo believers are about to kill a crying bull covered with a French flag as a sacrifice to the voodoo spirit of war Papa Ogoun Feray, praised as the founding spirit of the revolt of the slaves during French colonial rule of Saint-Domingue 200 years ago.
Every year in July, thousands of Haitians make a pilgrimage to several Haitian cities to seek protection of Voodoo spirits and Catholic saints during cleansing baths. Often spectacular, some of…