Voodoo

here in your town of Memphis, Tennessee. It all started one day at work. First, Drew a coworker said: “Today is a the big day!” when he walked into the lab “We have to go out to Voodoo Village to finish up our surveillance on mosquitos.” This made me very nervous because when I remember in my home country of Haiti, Voodoo is a serious subject, nothing to play with. Though the thought of going to this place made me extremely uneasy. Second, I packed up my gear and got in the truck with him.…

Here on Bethune Cookman’s campus there are over 1,000 students who all come from different places, cultures, and walks of life. During my journey here at this wonderful institution, I have grown knowledge and respect for a number of different cultures outside of my own, but I have noticed that there is a culture that seems to be most dominant on this campus so much so that everyone wants to associate themselves with is group. Haitian culture on this campus is highly demonstrated. When in all…

and harmonizing. All intertwined in a web of deep roots, they entangled like those of the bayou trees, the European and African, the blacks and the whites, the Catholics and the Voodoo practitioners. Certainly, the city's history was rich with music and arts and culture... all of which entwined in the tendrils of Voodoo. As widely celebrated as it was scorned, even the whites could not resist the call of the drums, the rich, powerful voices of the priests and priestesses and the incantations…

Zombies are a phenomenon that almost everyone has heard about. Shambling mindless corpses trying to feast on the flesh of the living. The idea of the undead has been around for almost as long as people and their culture have. There have been multiple cultural variants of zombies and ideas of how to keep the dead from coming back to haunt the living such as the theory behind the origin of the tombstone was that it was literally a giant rock that cavemen rolled on top of graves to keep the…

With Night of the Living Dead, zombie movies established a metaphorical connection to the social and political commentary. The movie Night of the Living Dead incorporates political scenario of the time when the film was released. This was the period when leaders were assassinated, America was on verge of nuclear war, and the feminist movement was on the rise. The irony of the movie was that everyone else was killed by the undead, Ben, the last survivor, was shot dead by a police officer. The…

Along with the appearance of the voodoo doll, the witches are also present through their voices, fog, and darkness. They are not often seen, but they are heard speaking to Macbeth. After his frightening encounter with Banquo’s ghost, Macbeth runs out into the storm to find the witches.…

these two groups would have developed comparable traits due to their geography and materials available in their areas (Davidson 1937). Although he didn’t do his own fieldwork, Cannon enlists historical particularism whilst discussing “voodoo” death. In discussing voodoo in northern Australia, he acknowledges the importance of the social group to the “victim.” Since kinship and social standing historically had been important within this society, the collapse of the victim’s social life results in…

In the introduction, Christopher Bigsby writes, “Tituba, in all probability practicing voodoo on that night in 1692.” (Miller, x) Historical records show that she did not practice Voodoo, but it is likely that she followed an indigenous spiritual path, setting her apart from the Puritans of Salem. Tituba, along with other girls in the village, danced in the woods where Rev. Parris found…

The media shows much negativity about many countries and people all around the world. Many of us wonder why? But sadly there is never an answer. We live in a world where people make commercials just to make people think different about things around them. In the year of 2010 an earthquake happened in Haiti and I am proud to say that I am a survivor but when the tragedy occurred all the reporters started talking and announcing how bad the country got and how we got poor. I’m not saying it’s false…

An Exotic Dancing Show from Haiti Dancing Group In 16th August, The Impression of Haiti showed up in Beijing. Combining Western African dances with voodoo legend, Haiti dancing group – Ballet Bacoulou gave an enthusiastic performance. Also, they will perform in Dezhou and Jinan, Shandong province. The debut they made in Beijing won rounds of applause. They presented 14 native dances with special charms. For instance, The Dance of Liberator revealed the slaveries’ ecstasy of reembracing…