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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews Jeffrey E. Anderson’s study of the historical evidence for the theology, organization, and ritual practices of the Voodoo religion of the Mississippi River Valley in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
The newly converted, long-troubled, and now re-themed flume ride at Walt Disney World has reportedly been cleansed of New Orleans Voodoo references to appease Christian guests.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, New Orleans inaugurates a National Vodou Day, a defense of Paganism shared by interfaith minister, events and more.
The famous “Portrait of a Creole Woman in a Madras Tignon,” often erroneously claimed to portray the Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau, has sold at auction for $984,000 to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Replacing a statue of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, Simone Leigh’s new sculpture, Sentinel (Mami Wata), whose aspects are found in many African Diasporic Religions.