Voodoo is expensive
• Superstitious Folly
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Passing under a crumbling archway that reads "Thou Art Dust," voodoo practitioners flocked to Haiti's largest cemetery Saturday to honor the guardian of the dead with rum, thunderous music and lewd behavior designed to awaken mischievous spirits. ...
Two-thirds of Haiti's 8 million people are said to practice voodoo. Earlier this year, Haiti's government officially sanctioned the faith as a religion, allowing priests to legally perform baptisms and marriages. ...
Because of deepening poverty, voodoo — which often requires pricey offerings of alcohol and food to the spirits — has lost some followers. One-third of Haitians are Protestants.