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Natural Beauty Tips for Humans

Carine Fabius | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Frizz-Free Curly Hair, Dairyface, Baron Samedi, Homemade Natural Beauty Care, Haitian Voodoo, Saturday Comes, Sodastream, Homemade Facials, Vodou, Voodoo, Homemade Facial Cleansers, A Novel of Love and Vodou, Yogurt Facials, Homemade Natural Facial Masks, Australian Organics Conditioners, Coconut Oil, Fifty News

Let me share a few of the dirt-cheap recipes I either found or created that totally make me happy.

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A Slow Jam For Your Monday Morning

Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Track of the Day, Frank Ocean Voodoo Tumblr, Video, Music, Frank Ocean Voodoo, Voodoo, Voodoo Song, Frank Ocean, On Our Radar, Culture News

Odd Future's resident crooner has just the slow jam for your Monday morning slog. Frank Ocean's latest, "Voodoo," clocks in at under two minutes, but ...

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Haiti's Vodou: A World Of Wonder And Surrender

Gina Athena Ulysse | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Haitian Vodou, Religion, Benin, Haiti Earthquake, Vodou Temples, Serving the Spirits, Vodun, Haiti, Voodoo, Haiti Voodoo, Religion News

As Haiti returns to the mainstream media this week to mark the second anniversary of the quake, let's remember the spirits.

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World's Biggest Doughnut Box Is Hell-Bent On Fattening Us Up

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Donuts, Worlds Biggest Doughnut Box, Worlds Biggest Donut Box, Guinness Book of World Records, Voodoo, Voodoo Doughnuts, Doughnuts, World's Biggest Doughnut, World's Largest Box of Doughnuts, World's Largest Box of Donuts, Voodoo Doughnuts Guinness Book, Voodoo Donuts, Food News

On Saturday, Voodoo Doughnut of Portland, OR set a new record for the largest box of doughnuts ever. The bakery's 7x7x5 pink box weighed in at a hefty...

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An Inside Look At A Haitian Vodou Ceremony (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Haitian Vodou, Haitian Vodou Ceremony, Religions, Voodoo, Anthony Karen, Haiti, Life, World News

Having traveled extensively in Haiti over the years, LIFE.com photographer Anthony Karen offers an inside look at Haitian Vodou, one of the world's mo...

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What is Voodoo? Making Sense Of Animal Sacrifice, The Undead And Possession

Saumya Arya Haas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Possession in Voodoo, Zombies, Vodou, New Orleans Voodoo, Animal Sacrifice, Voodoo Zombies, Voodoo Practices, Voodoo, Rituals of Voodoo, Religion News

Presenting Voodoo to my readers has been challenging: it is a vast, varied and much-abused subject. These issues come with considerable cultural baggage, so bear with me.

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A Bowl Game for the Rest of Us Raises Funds in New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Bay Packers, Clorox, Charity, Espn, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Wave Brass Band, Voodoo, New Orleans Musicians, Super Bowl, Jesse Palmer, City Park, Super Bowl 2011, Philanthropy, New Orleans, Impact News

In a friendly private game of flag football, both teams used strips of toilet paper as flags and toilet bowls were integrated into the trophies.

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The Return of Baby Doc

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Papa Doc, Ton Ton Macoutes, Voodoo, Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier, Haiti, Politics News

"Baby Doc" will be lucky to escape jail or lynching. But nothing is for sure in Haiti. His luck may yet change. Up in the mountains the drums beat, and the whisper goes around, "the son of our Great Hongan is returned."

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This Year In Weird News: Voodoo, Highway Concerts & Toilet Flushes

Curbed LA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vincent Kartheiser, Richard Alarcon, Ernie Carswell, Ke$Ha, LA News, Imperial Stars, Curbed La, Voodoo, Los Angeles News

For our second to last installment of the 2010 Curbed Awards, we consider the year's strangest events, kookiest characters, and plain biggest assholes...

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Chilling Voodoo Killings Reportedly On Rise In Haiti

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Haiti Cholera Epidemic, Haiti Cholera, Haiti Voodoo Killings, Voodoo, Voodoo Killings, Haiti Voodoo, World News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At least 45 people have been killed across Haiti due to accusations they are using "black magic" to spread cholera, the ...

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"Ayiti Kale Je" Video Offers Fearless Look at Haiti's Christmas Cholera

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voodoo Lynchings, Miryam of Nazareth, Ayiti Kale Je, Grassroots Journalism, Ngos, Christmas, Yule, Youtube, Cholera, Voodoo, Haiti, Usaid, Google, Voun, Video, World News

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Call and Response (Il)literacy

Valorie_Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Voodoo, Gina Athena Ulysse, Voodoo, Call and Response, Haiti, Because When God Is Too Busy, Arts News

Gina Athena Ulysse's spoken word project, "Because When God Is Too Busy," clearly proclaims that it is imperative to avoid writing Haiti off as if it is unworthy of our resolve.

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Happy Halloween - 10 Sights from New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Skeletons, Cat, Ghosts, Slidepollajax, Voodoo, Scarecrow, Halloween, Zombies, Arts, Travel News

Happy Halloween from New Orleans, a city so nestled in the spirit world a Day of the Dead is practically redundant. From Saturday Night's Halloween Pa...

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Friday Talking Points [143] -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Appeal?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, White House, Debate, Moratorium, Nowhere Man, Pentagon, Proposition 8, President Obama, Delaware, Harry Truman, Obama, Democratic Party, Yellow Submarine, Eric Holder, Friday Talking Points, Warren, Tom Miller, Military, Dadt, Town Hall, Midotw, Brown, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Foreclosure, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Christine Odonnell, Court, Foreclosure Crisis, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Miners, Federal, Executive Order, Attorney General, Nationwide Moratorium, Chile, Democrat, Miller, Chris Coons, Gay, Justice Department, Voodoo, Democrats, Barack Obama, Holder, Dolls, Judge, Sea of Holes, Holes, Mortgage, Odonnell, Wall Street, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Injunction, Iowa, Stay, Jerry Brown, Crisis, Banks, Brass, Desegregation, Coons, Chilean Miners, Poodoo, Politics News

[OK, that was rather a fun title to write, but I have to at least begin with a warning that, while today's column is almost completely Obama-centric i...

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Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcel Duret, French, Voodoo, Unesco, Mario Benjamin, Emmelie Prophete, The Trap, Environmental Disaster, Literature, Sado-Masochism, Andre Breton, Gran Makout, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia, Memoire D'encrier, Jim Luce, Jacques-Stephen Alexis, CUNY Graduate Center, Chaos Theory, Haitian-Americans, Abstract Work, Tragic Clown, Thought Leader, Apocalypse, Baron Samedi, Artist for Peace, Surrealism, Carlton University, Rachel Douglas, Japan, Papa Doc, Cultural Area Studies, Vodou Pantheon, Nobel Prize, Noble Laureate, Ile en Ile, Thomas Spear, Brooklyn Public Library, University of Liverpool, Earthquake, Poetry, Kaiama L. Glover, Intellectual, Giulietta Masina, Kabuki, Creole, Galaxie Chaos-Babel, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, City College of New York, Author, Seanna Sumalee Oakle, Stewardship Report, Evens Anozine, Jlsr, Marie Coron, Port-Au-Prince, Vodou Priest, University of Nebraska, Baby Doc, Luce Index, Emmanuel Duogene, Duvalier Regime, University of Maryland, Alvina Ruprecht, Stanford L. Luce, Lewdness, Beatrice Coron, Artist, Death, Alessandra Benedicty, Haiti, New York City, France, Columbia University, Caribbean, Franck Etienne, Playwright, Painter, Global Citizen, Flowers of Insomnia, Mary Cobb Wittrock, January 12, Musician, Guede, Franketienne, Melovivi, Wordplay, Scatologu, Arts News

As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient for Li...

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Evangelicals Throw Rocks at Haitian Religious Service

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Church of Scientology, Scientology, Haiti Earthquake, Evangelical Christians, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Volunteer, Haiti Voodoo, Voodoo, Voudou, Evangelicals, Dr. Kioni, Vodou, Christos Kioni, World News

Evangelicals violently disrupted a traditional religious ceremony in the Cite Soleil slum, located just outside the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

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Notre Dame Offers Free Online Course in Haitian Language and Culture

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Emergency, Haitian Culture, Karen Richman, Creole, Haiti Relief Efforts, Elephantiasis, Help Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake, Creole Language and Culture, Creole Culture, Center for Migration and Border Studies, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haitian Religion, Kreyòl Language, Institute for Latino Studies, Kreyòl Culture, Help Haiti, Vodou, Notre Dame, Haiti Relief, Support Haiti, Haitian History, Voodoo, Haiti Volunteer, Haiti, Haiti Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief, How to Help Haiti, Notre Dame Haiti Program, Disaster in Haiti, Migration and Vodou, Haiti Relief Organizations, Creole Language, University of Notre Dame, Léogâne, Opencourseware, Kreyòl, Impact News

Notre Dame is offering Professor Karen Richman's "Creole Language and Culture" class as a free online course, recommended for anyone planning to participating in the Haitian relief effort.

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Reading the Pictures: Haiti Cruises -- The Fun Is Just Beginning

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celebrity Cruise Haiti, Celebrity Cruise Haiti Earthquake, Voodoo, Eco-Tourism, Celebrity Cruise Haiti Disaster, Media News

Many argue that an expanded tourism industry is part of the economic path forward for Haiti.

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Where'd You Go, D'Angelo?

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: D'Angelo, Neo-Soul, Soul Music, Voodoo, R&b, Entertainment News

To fully understand the impact and importance of Voodoo, you have to place yourself in the middle of the late 20th century R&B landscape, where a battle was being waged for the soul of black American music.

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The 'Voodoo' Eastern Medicine Vs. The Tested (And FDA Approved) Western Medicine

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eastern Medicine, Chineses Herbs, Imaging, Fda, Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr Helene Pavlov, Reiki, Western Medicine, Voodoo, Radiology, Health Care, Healthy Living News

My biggest piece of advice for anyone looking closely at Eastern medical practices is to do research, keep an open mind and consult with your physician.

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Bad Laws Pass Fast

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, White House, Debate, Jorj X McKie, Economics, Economy, Whipping Star, Herbert, Congress, Voodoo, Patriot Act, Wall Street, Bailout, Laws, USA Patriot Act, Frank Herbert, Legislative Process, Crisis, Financial, Dune, Fast, Bad Laws, Great Depression, Politics News

I will say one thing about the plan that is being floated by Bush and Congress right now -- laws that pass quickly almost always turn out to be bad ones. Think USA PATRIOT Act.

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