#LegendaryWednesday 👻
Under a moonless sky, Baron Samedi grins, skull-face aglow, rum in hand.
Baron Samedi is a prominent loa in Haitian Vodou, serving as the leader of the Gede (or Guédé) family of spirits, which are deeply connected to death, magic, ancestor worship, and resurrection. 👻
The loa of the dead dances at the crossroads, guiding souls with a laugh. 🕺#Vodou #BaronSamedi #SpookySeason
"This legacy has been punished ever since. France and other powers sought to isolate Haiti as a warning to oppressed peoples elsewhere. “From colonization to today, Vodou has always been attacked and defamed,” says Dayiti. “The French cut down our sacred trees, called them works of the devil. Today they say violence is Vodou’s fault. But Vodou has always been cultural, political, and economic resistance.”
https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/09/23/understanding-vodou-how-haitis-religion-of-resistance-defies-centuries-of-prejudice/
#Colonialism #Vodou #Haiti #Resistance
Remember how Hazbin hotel used a bunch of Veve from Vodou to add some edgy aesthetic flair to their scaaary serial killer radio demon character,
and then retroactively made him half-creole as a flimsy justification which kinda just made the whole "offensive stereotype" thing even worse?
Do you know what pissed me off most about it?
DEMONOLOGY LITERALLY ALREADY HAS ITS OWN ENTIRE SYSTEM OF MAGICAL SYMBOLS!
2025 book sixty: John Cussans: Undead Uprising: Haiti, Horror and the Zombie Complex ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Port-au-Prince burst into color as Vodou followers gather for “march for peace” http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMtz8Q #PortauPrince #Vodou #MarchForPeace #Haiti #CulturalCelebration
Haitian performers fight back through dance http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMqPvW #Haiti #Dance #Vodou #PerformingArts #CulturalResistance
Dancers in Haiti take inspiration from Vodou and slave revolt in face of gang violence http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMpWHP #Haiti #Vodou #Dance #CulturalHeritage #GangViolence
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. 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.
© Markus Matzel/SOAM
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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.
© Markus Matzel/SOAM
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SOUL OF AFRICA MUSEUM COLLECTION
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.
© Henning Christoph/SOAM
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