Voodoo Ritual of Initiation in Haiti
SOUVENANCE, HAITI - APRIL 08: Several men and women in trance perform ablutions in a wide source of turbid water to be purified, as part of an initiation ritual voodoo on April 08, 2012 in Souvenance, Haiti. Voodoo is a religion born over 200 years ago due to the mixture between different rites and beliefs of the African slaves brought to Haiti and the Christian religion of their owners. 145km north from Port Au Prince, capital city of Haiti, the little village of Souvenance is the place where every Holly Week is held one of the voodoo initiation rituals. Dahomey rite starts on Holly Sunday, and belongs to the predominant culture of the island. Women and men wearing white clothes (known as Ounsis), go to the Lakou (a compound where several families live and share a common space) after having called the spirits for several hours in a temple. Very early in the morning on Easter Sunday, Hougans (voodoo priests) sacrifice an animal (goats, chickens and cows) and get soaked with their blood or sometimes mix it with rum and drink it, as an offer to spirits. (Photo by Rafael Sanchez Fabrés/LatinContent via Getty Images)
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