On Being with Krista Tippett
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Patrick Bellegarde-Smith — Living Vodou
51 minutes Posted Jan 9, 2014 at 9:00 am.
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Patrick Bellegarde-Smith — Living Vodou

The word “Vodou” evokes images of sorcery and sticking pins into dolls. In fact, it’s a living tradition wherever Haitians are found based on ancestral religions in Africa. We walk through this mysterious tradition — one with dramatic rituals of trances and dreaming and of belief in spirits, who speak through human beings, with both good and evil potential.