Literature in the Postcolony

Voodo

Haitian Vodou at the Crossroads of the Carnival – Bilyana Manolova (prezi)

The cultural map “Haitian Vodou at the Crossroads of the Carnival” explores the place of Vodou in the socio-cultural consciousness of Haiti through tracing its origins, foundational belief system and historical importance in parallel with its representations in Haitian art and the Mardi Grass carnival’s character performances. Vodou is a syncretic religion, entangled in Christian…

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