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Saturday, 5 November 2016

Voodoo practitioners in Haiti turn out in their numbers for annual Day of The Dead celebration

Haiti's annual Day of The Dead festivities take place on the first two days of November during All Saints and All Souls Day during which voodoo believers and devotees celebrate with candles, alcohol and food. Families come together to celebrate loved ones who have passed on to the great beyond with face-painting, storytelling and food offerings.


In Haiti, the celebrations centre around honoring the Haitian voodoo spirits of Baron Samdi and Gede. According to Haitian folklore, when a person dies, Baron Samedi digs up their grave greets their soul and leads them to the underworld. Haitians congregate at the Baron Samedi cross on the Day of The Dead where they dress up, smoke cigarettes and drink rum.












24 comments:

  1. Na dem sabi.. Next bikonu. Plz add me on LIS @Nnenne George

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  2. I'm all for traditionalists, but this? Come on guys!

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    1. I don't make friends with these people in the states..sorry pls go ya way.

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  3. Don't want to bump into these in the night! #ScaryYa

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  4. All the earthquakes n natural disasters happening in this country and they still practicing sorcery and witch craft... Same for other countries who don't worship God... They end up having too many natural disasters

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    1. You're a natural disaster, what do tectonic plates or proximity to turbulent water, have to do with your god?

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    2. Haiti should give up voodoo and worship Almighty GOD. Voodooism is creating terrible earthquakes,, hurricanes just as it creates motion without movement in economy and politicsin cultic and secreti e africans and their nations

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  5. Orishirishi! Linda take note!

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  6. ************************Tiny Tiny reasons y Dan B. Put together hix Da Vinci. Code !!!!!!!

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  7. ************************Tiny Tiny reasons y Dan B. Put together hix Da Vinci. Code !!!!!!!

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  8. I ve been wondering why earthquake and hurricane love your country so much... this is the reason, voodoo. Headquarters of voodoo is Haiti

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  9. hmmm
    -D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

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  10. Now the Bible is always on point....... The reason for all those earthquakes is enemity with God

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    1. Gbam!!! The country is neck deep into diabolism! All they need is God and His mercy.

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  11. This country is dead into diabolism... They need God urgently.

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  12. Na dem they cause bring earthquake for themselves...

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  13. Recently I was wondering why they go through so much suffering with natural disaster...

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  14. na them sabbi

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  15. Little wonder they suffer terrible natural disasters. The one and only true God and the omnipotent one is truely punishing them for making the devil their master. Some evil everywhere

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