Bagno cerimoniale (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Presente in Africa sin da tempi antichissimi, la religione Woodoo si è diffusa nelle Americhe - dapprima nelle isole caraibiche e successivamente in tutta l’America centrale - nell’epoca coloniale, attraverso la deportazione degli schiavi neri, per i quali ha rappresentato un forte elemento identitario e comunitario.
A woman screams and cries during a voodoo ceremony held at the annual Souvenance voodoo festival in Souvenance, near Gonaives, Haiti, 04 April 2010. Voodoo is considered as a religion in Haiti and most of the people are believers. (EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES)
A woman holds the head of a goat during a voodoo ceremony held at the annual Souvenance voodoo festival in Souvenance, near Gonaives, Haiti, 04 April 2010. Voodoo is considered as a religion in Haiti and most of the people are believers. (EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES)
A priest kills a rooster as a sacrifice during a voodoo ceremony held at the annual Souvenance voodoo festival in Souvenance, near Gonaives, Haiti, 04 April 2010. Voodoo is considered as a religion in Haiti and most of the people are believers. (EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES)
Women stand during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, some 140 kms, 90 miles, north of Port-au-Price, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Hundreds of voodoo followers come to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti’s three recognized religions. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A woman drinks an alcoholic beverage mixed with blood taken from a sacrificed animal during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, some 140 kms, 90 miles, north of Port-au-Price, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Hundreds of voodoo followers come to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti’s three recognized religions.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Severeal people take a bath in ’sacred’ waters during a voodoo ceremony held at the annual Souvenance voodoo festival in Souvenance, near Gonaives, Haiti, 04 April 2010. Voodoo is considered as a religion in Haiti and most of the people are believers. (EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES)
A woman rubs the blood of a dead goat on her head during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, some 140 kms, 90 miles, north of Port-au-Price, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Hundreds of voodoo followers come to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti’s three recognized religions.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Women with stains of a sacrificed animal in their clothes stand during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, some 140 kms, 90 miles, north of Port-au-Price, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Hundreds of voodoo followers come to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti’s three recognized religions.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Blood of a cow that has been just sacrificed is seen in the hand of a man during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, some 140 kms, 90 miles, north of Port-au-Price, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Hundreds of voodoo followers come to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti’s three recognized religions.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A woman lies on the floor in trance during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, some 140 kms, 90 miles, north of Port-au-Price, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Hundreds of voodoo followers come to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti’s three recognized religions.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Men tie a ox to a tree as part of a sacrifice during a voodoo ceremony held at the annual Souvenance voodoo festival in Souvenance, near Gonaives, Haiti, 04 April 2010. Voodoo is considered as a religion in Haiti and most of the people are believers. (EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES)
A man sits during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, some 140 kms, 90 miles, north of Port-au-Price, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Hundreds of voodoo followers come to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti’s three recognized religions.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Haitian women wait the beginning of a voodoo ceremony to remember the victims of the last 12 January earthquake at Park of United Nations in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 28 March 2010. (EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES)
A Haitian man participates in a voodoo ceremony to remember the victims of the last 12 January earthquake at Park of United Nations in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 28 March 2010. (EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES)
Photos di JORGE SAENZ e di ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
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