Vice: Devil's Due , a looking at haitian voodo

[newarkhiphop]

Being possessed, it turns out, is exhausting work. Just ask Mambo Edeline St. Armand. While popular culture portrays Vodou as full of curses and sticking pins into little dolls, the religion has in fact played a central role in Haitian cultural identity since the country's birth, a result of the New World's first and only successful slave rebellion. Since Brooklyn is home to the largest Haitian population outside of Haiti, we sent Thomas Morton into our own backyard to witness the realities of being possessed by Vodou's multitude of rowdy, rum-thirsty spirits.

what my haitian & dominican brehs know about this


@LeVraiPapi

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

 

[Dada]

There's so many misconceptions. It's always good to research things for oneself.

 

[bouncy]

what my haitian & dominican brehs know about this


@LeVraiPapi

It ain't just them doing it, at least in NYC. I think too many play with spirits in NYC, and try to put roots on people around them, as well invoke certain spirits for selfish gains. Italians, other latins, other foreign blacks, and Indians, play with invoking spirits. That is probably why the energy feels "low" there. It's hard to describe but the vibe is different in NYC then say parts of the south, and I don't mean commercial areas but residential areas. I still love my home but, I would be lieing if I didn't admit all the playing with spirits that goes on there is out of control.

I don't think it's a coincidence "the devil's advocate" was about the place.