P.Yoruba, 2006

Mix Dahomean, Arawat, and French Catholic religious practices and you get Vodou (sometimes called Voodoo). Lwa, spirit-like forces of nature, and dead ancestors called ghede are the focus of this pragmatic religion. While dancing at religious events, practitioners of Vodou often find themselves possessed by lwa and can perform incredible acts while in this state. Beware! Zombies are a real Haitian phenomenon.

Books

• Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
• Vodou: Visions And Voices Of Haiti
• Voodoo in Haiti
• The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti

Film

• Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
• Voodoo and the Church in Haiti