Mambo-the word is Haitian for priestess-is a former computer coder for Sears and a former lead dancer for Arthur Hall`s African dance group who went to Haiti to learn voodoo.

Mambo Angela Novanyon, an African-American voodoo priestess practicing in North Philadelphia who was initiated in Haiti, said the recent open attitude toward voodoo seemed to signal that ...

Voodoo is the religion of many Haitians _ including some who teach at U.S. colleges and universities, or work as nurses or mental health professionals. Take Margaret Armand, of […] Skip to content ...

VoodooFest, a free annual festival held every Halloween at Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans Cultural Center & Collection, will be held on Sunday, October 31, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.. The festival ...

That same year, Glassman felt the time had come to fully commit to her faith. She traveled to Haiti and underwent the week-long initiation that made her an official mambo, or voodoo priestess.

The priest lit a candle and began the Monday sermon — a song passed down to him by his Mambo, the priestess who took him on and allowed him to know all he knew. He danced before the altar ...

A mambo, or high priestess, in Haitian voodoo, Charles has gathered 18 of her younger initiates for a traditional, intensely private ritual called the Feeding of the Kolye, ...

Despite voodoo's sinister reputation, she says dark rituals and black magic play no part in her religion. ... Modern 'mambo priestess' reveals what life in her New Orleans temple is REALLY like.

A Mambo, a voodoo priestess, dances as she takes part in a ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti May 1, 2020. (photo credit: REUTERS/JEANTY JUNIOR AUGUSTIN) ...