Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. A Mami Wata statue in the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition.
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Erzuli Freda in a bottle on the Haiti altar.
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. The Mami Wata statue of the Mami Wata Altar.
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. The Drummer of the Mami Wata Altar.
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. The Imam of the Mami Wata Altar.
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Exu Mirim of the Quimbanda religion from Brazil.
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Pombagira Rainha of the Quimbanda religion from Brazil.
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Exu Cobra of the Quimbanda religion from Brazil.
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A “paquet congo”. It refers to spiritual objects that are made by Vodou priests in Haiti as part of religious ceremonies.
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A “paquet congo”. It refers to spiritual objects that are made by Vodou priests in Haiti as part of religious ceremonies.
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Baron Samedi as a Free Mason painted by Charles Art Jerry from Port au Prince Haiti. A new addition arrived yesterday for our Haitian Painting collection.
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Benin. Sossa Guedehoungue holds a short prayer next to the shimmering blood-red Gligbangbe altar. With the sacrificial ritual, the priest strengthens his connection to the deity. He thanks her for her protection, which supposedly even protects him from bullets.
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Sossa Guedehoungue, Grand Commandeur and President of the voodoo cults in Benin, was one of the most powerful people with the air of an African potentate. Once a year, he held a ceremony in his home village of Doutou in honor of the warrior god Gligbange, surrounded by his numerous wives, children and adepts.
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Sossa Guedehoungue, Grand Commandeur and President of the voodoo cults in Benin, was one of the most powerful people with the air of an African potentate. Once a year, he held a ceremony in his home village of Doutou in honor of the warrior god Gligbange, surrounded by his numerous wives, children and adepts.
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The secret society of the Egunguns are spirits of the ancestors who preserve tradition and punish offenders.
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The secret society of the Egunguns are spirits of the ancestors who preserve tradition and punish offenders.
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Benin. The secret society of the Egunguns are spirits of the ancestors who preserve tradition and punish offenders.
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A Kokou ceremony in Benin. Kokou followers ignite gunpowder and inhale the smoke. The inhalation of gunpowder is used to regain strength for the ceremony.
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A Kokou ceremony in Benin. To demonstrate the power of the ancient warrior god, two initiates in trance slash themselves in the arms and chest with knieves, as a priest officiates.
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