A large sequined Vodou "drapo" or flag by the artist George Valris, depicting the veve, or symbol, of the loa Loko Atison.
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Veve for the Voodoo Loa named Ayizan
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"Contemporary poster of a Mami Wata, 'serpent priestess' painted by German (Hamburg) artist Schleisinger, ca. 1926, displayed in shrines as a popular image of Mami Wata in Africa and in the Diaspora." Wikipedia

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Vodou paraphernalia, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Close-Up: Voodoo in Florida's Little Haiti -- BBC News (16 May 2010)

• Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior -- Science Daily (9/9/08)
  • University of Missouri Anthropologist Develops New Approach to Explain Religious Behavior -- EurekAlert (9/9/08)
    
    
• Anthropology of Religion -- archaeolink.com

• Close-Up: Voodoo in Florida's Little Haiti -- BBC News (16 May 2010)
  
  
• ReligionLink -- Diane Connolly
  
  

• Religion, Magic and Sorcery -- Social Science Information Gateway, University of Bristol
  
  
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• This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys -- PBS

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• Voodoo and West Africa's Spiritual Life -- NPR
  
  
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  • Sacred Destinations -- Holly Hayes
  • Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Traditions of the World -- Martin Gray