The name Modern Manbo is a direct reference to the Manbo, the revered priestess in Haitian Vodou, often referred to as the “Mother of Magic.” The Manbo is a spiritual leader, healer ...

Her goal had been to become a Manbo priestess – a female ritual specialist in the Haitian Vodou tradition who performs ceremonies, initiations, healings and divinations. Haitian Vodou is derived ...

Jackson had been practicing Vodou for a few years, and wanted to become a Manbo priestess, a female ritual specialist, Timothy explained. “Four years ago, my mom started to do a little bit of ...

A North Carolina man is asking for answers after his mom died while on a Vodou retreat in Haiti. Dana Jackson, 51, wanted to become a Manbo priestess. A Manbo priestess “is a female ritual ...

A North Carolina man is asking for answers after his mom died while on a Vodou retreat in Haiti. Dana Jackson, 51, wanted to become a Manbo priestess. A Manbo priestess “is a female ritual ...

Following a lunch break, Haitian Manbo Asogwe Mamie Moun will lead a vodou ceremony in Congo Square from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. From 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., KAKPO, the vodou leader from Benin ...

"Most of these women are mambos," he says. A mambo is a priestess in the vodou tradition. The poto mitan, Delisfort says, "is the charge between, the connection between the earthly world and ...

In the exhibition’s lead image, a Vodou priestess, or manbo, holds a newborn baby dressed in all white garments on the beach. The birth mother and spiritual mother stand together looking down at ...

Elder Toni Runnels, an ordained Ifa priestess and holistic therapist for 24 years, leads a traditional ceremony with fellow follwers of Ifa. Roy Inman Special to The Star Your Guide to KC: Star ...