13241: Karshan gives intro page from AOL/Natl Geographic on vodou (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: MKarshan@aol.com

Here's the intro page into that National Geographic special on AOL.  (Sorry I
had misspelled the photographer's name)

Gallery

Coutausse’s insights into his work

Biography

The spirit world thrives in Haiti. These images show the descendants of
African slaves who were transported to Haiti beginning in the mid-1600s.
French masters forced the slaves to embrace Roman Catholicism, but the slaves
resisted, secretly keeping alive their own gods—often in tandem with Catholic
saints. Voodoo, a religion of spirits, evolved as Haitians suffering economic
hardships and political unrest continued to evoke a world of unseen forces.
In the face of death and life’s uncertainties, Haitians daily call upon loa
(spirits) to intervene in the course of their lives. They are in touch with
what many of us know only in our dreams.