Although they like to call themselves temples of art, most museums have shed their religious purpose and become secular malls crammed with objets d’art. But the word museum once denoted a “seat of the ...

Altars happen / Karen McCarthy Brown -- On looking at a Vodou altar / Donald J. Cosentino -- I married a Voodoo altar / David Mayo -- A matter of recognition / Charles Merewether siris_sil_997643 ...

The touristy Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo sells a host of items, including Amazonian fish scales for endurance and Marie Laveau Zippo lighters. (Photo by Norma Meyer) Voodoo priest Papa Zaar ...

Louisiana's current cannabis laws remain restrictive, yet Mardi Gras and marijuana continue their cultural dance through ...

In the mystical world of voodoo, few things are as they appear. Voodoo took root in the Caribbean after men and women stolen from West Africa came to the New World as slaves. Though baptized as ...