Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day of a three-day festival (some believe longer) known as Carnival, characterized by ...

“Voodoo is about love. It is about being in harmony with nature,” said Martine de Souza Gandjaï Mabegbé, a Voodoo Priestess in the coastal city of Ouidah. “The Europeans tried to erase it.

It takes you to another level, physically and mentally.” Black is what’s known as a “voodoo nee”: a person who, like a priestess, was trained in this religious practice. Voodoo originated ...

And it's not excitement it's just fulfilment.” Voodoo Priestess Suzanne Celeste Delaunay Belleville says the festival serves a useful purpose. “This is a way to show people the pomp ...