Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day of a three-day festival (some believe longer) known as Carnival, characterized by plenty of celebration and indulgence. It precedes Lent, the Christian ...

“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.

Voodoo is experiencing something of a renaissance in New Orleans. We meet voodoo priestess Manbo Jessyka and high priestess Eshé who introduce us to the practice as a way of life, and as a means ...

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 ...

In Louisiana, a voodoo priestess and a minister preach their religion to the same community. One day, an evil man named Tom comes into town and tries to force the minister's daughter to go with ...