`Vodou': The Force Coloring Haiti's Art

The Washington Post;  July 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ......culmination of "Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou" at the Baltimore Museum...between Western culture and Haitian Vodou, the oldest religion of...hampering the development of Haitian society. Through military...200 years to stamp out Vodou and make Haiti's chairs...

Vodou: Vision and Voices of Haiti.(Book review)

African Arts;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Galembo's visual documentation of Haitian Vodou priests, priestesses, spirits...was to document the labyrinth of Haitian Vodou, resulting in the present book...indomitable African spirits permeating Haitian Vodou, which she had already experienced...

That's vodou to you // Field exhibit sticks a few pins in ``voodoo''...

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 2, 1997 ;     700+ words ...`Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou' Through April 13 Field Museum, Roosevelt...spiritual beliefs. "Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou," an exhibit in its opening weekend...showcasing more than 500 objects used in vodou ritual. On display through April 13...

Landmark exhibition of vodou in Miami

Caribbean Today;  November 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ......500-piece exhibition - Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou Now- on show at the Center for...catalog, also titled "Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou", which was edited by Donald Cosentino...defines, describes and illustrates Haitian vodou comprehensively, authoritatively...

Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou

Journal of American Folklore;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou. Traveling exhibition organized by...Washington University Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou is a very important exhibition that...study ofjust one New World religion: Haitian Vodou. As always, the practice of exhibition...

Faith healer; Erol Josue uses music to rehabilitate voodoo's image.(Arts...

The Boston Herald;  May 24, 2007 ;     410 words ...Byline: BOB YOUNG Erol Josue is a Haitian VODOU (voodoo) priest inspired by a higher...listeners to merely move to his electro VODOU. Josue wants them to understand that...Hollywood present the stereotype of VODOU - people drinking blood, people as...

New recognition of Vodou's role in Haitian culture.(World)(Haiti On It's...

The Christian Science Monitor;  April 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ......front of the cross of Bawon Samdi, who in Vodou tradition heads the family of spirits of the cemetery. A Vodou priest, using herbal mixtures and chicken...and in upper Haitian society, voodoo, or Vodou, evokes a Hollywood stereotype of black...

The power of vodou

Americas;  January 1, 1996 ;     211 words ......Cultural History is currently showcasing Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, the first comprehensive exhibition ever to explore...that country's most brilliant painters. "Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou is an opportunity to appreciate the powerful and persistent...

PRACTITIONERS OF VODOU BATTLE STEREOTYPES

The Boston Globe;  June 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of course, but when it comes to Haitian vodou (often Americanized as "voodoo...skills. To Erol Josue, an "oungan" (vodou priest), this popular perception is unfair. "Magic exists in vodou," he says in French translated by...

Haitian drums call from Port-au-Prince to Brooklyn

Natural History;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......the beliefs and rituals-and the underlying spirit-of Vodou to his audiences and students, who are both Haitian...drumming lesson with him, he pointed to the images of Vodou spirits lining the walls of his room. "When you play the Vodou drum," Frisner told her, "relax and let these ...

Voyance au pays maudit: Allegorical Masks in Frankétienne's Fleurs...

Journal of Haitian Studies;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......continuously at the vanguard of Haitian arts and Caribbean poetry...the allegorical rituals of Haitian vodoun. By doing so, it invests Haitian Vodou with a present, singularly...the lexicon and praxis of Haitian Vodou as the means to deflect...

RESCUING VOODOO FROM HOLLYWOOD

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 23, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Early ART REVIEW SACRED ARTS OF HAITIAN VODOU: 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Sunday through...Journey Into the Secret Society of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies and Magic," (1982...the substance of "Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou," a traveling exhibition with...

HAITIAN VOODOO TAPS SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO WON FREEDOM

Post-Tribune (IN);  October 17, 1998 ;     618 words ......COLOR) Sauveur St. Cyr, a Vodou priest, stands before the...agriculture, inside a replica of a Vodou temple at the American Museum...ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO) Haitian sequined flags, including...objects in the "Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou" exhibit in New York. (COLOR...They're all sacred ...

VOODOO EXTRAVAGANZA

The Washington Post;  July 23, 1998 ;     167 words ...The rituals of Haitian vodou -- or voodoo as it is generally spelled in this country -- have been...States from Haiti by way of New Orleans, from turn-of-the-century vodou rara bands. The exhibit, on view through Aug. 30, illustrates "the...

Loud & Clear: Vodou was source of strength for Haitian independence

Miami Times;  December 3, 2002 ;     585 words ......Miami Times 12-03-2002 All the Vodou traditions have several points...history and foundation of the Haitian Vodou religion, did you hear anything...crimes in order to practice the Vodou religion? As you probably already...religion. Some will join the Vodou religion just to find out how...