How prevalent is voodoo in the southeastern U.S.?

arcadian

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Thu Aug-20-09 09:38 PM
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How prevalent is voodoo in the southeastern U.S.?

Like in the Gullah-Geechee culture and Louisiana and elsewhere. I want to see some. Where should I go? And I don't just mean the voodoo museum in N.O.

oh and John Stossel is a douchebag.

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mitchum

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Thu Aug-20-09 09:52 PM
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1. It is quite prevalent throughout the lowcountry of South Carolina...

Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 10:03 PM by mitchum

there it is referred to as root working

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aquaman

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Thu Aug-20-09 09:54 PM
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2. Oh yeah....

I live in SC and the lowcountry is a different world, and beautiful!

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mitchum

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Thu Aug-20-09 10:07 PM
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4. The lowcountry is a strange and beautiful place...

but the widespread poverty throughout the area can be depressing.
I remember even during the boom of the 90s, the unemployment rate hovered around 16%.

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KamaAina

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Thu Aug-20-09 09:58 PM
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3. Same in Savannah, from what I hear

my own experience, of course, comes from NOLA.

A practitioner can be found here:

http://theamericanzombie.blogspot.com

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mitchum

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Thu Aug-20-09 10:45 PM
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5. Yes, that is also true for Savannah

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conscious evolution

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Fri Aug-21-09 01:01 PM
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12. Very prevalent in Savannah

Da 'geech be sout taon lyn.

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Bossy Monkey

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Thu Aug-20-09 11:07 PM
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6. And here I thought The Root Doctors had broken up years ago...

http://www.myspace.com/therootdoctors
:)

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mitchum

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Thu Aug-20-09 11:11 PM
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7. As long as there are Carolina Cup celebrations and oyster roasts...

there will always be The Root Doctors

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arcadian

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Fri Aug-21-09 12:03 PM
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8. We have root doctors up here in Virginia.

maybe I should seek it out up here. Come to think of it, down in Virginia Beach, in the rural, swampy southern part of the city around Pungo, we used to see this guy walking around on the side of the road that we dubbed "The Stick-man", wondering if he might have been a practitioner.

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RebelOne

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Fri Aug-21-09 12:47 PM
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9. Head to Miami. Lots of Haitians there. n/t

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Shell Beau

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Fri Aug-21-09 12:54 PM
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10. I have a voo-doo doll

magnet on my fridge!! But I got it as a souvenir when I went to New Orleans one time. I don't actually know of anyone who practices. :shrug:

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Forkboy

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Fri Aug-21-09 12:56 PM
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11. First rule of voodoo in the southeastern U.S.:

Don't talk about voodoo in the southeastern U.S.

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arcadian

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Fri Aug-21-09 01:14 PM
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14. oh crap...

I've gone and done it again. UFO religions it is for me then. First, their followers aren't as scary. Plus, you can over power them with ease. Their diet: low protein gruel served in a sensory deprivation tank.

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supernova

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Fri Aug-21-09 01:08 PM
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13. There's a guy who advertises on the back page of Indy Weekly

He'll cast spells for you, put the hex on somebody who did you wrong,

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MountainLaurel

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Fri Aug-21-09 03:14 PM
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15. At Halloween in NO

One of the big local Vodou manbos usually holds a public ritual. Otherwise, events themselves tend to be private affairs, if that's what you mean by wanting to "see some."

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