A Voudou Ceremony

Jill sitting with Richard from RAM & Menehem his manager.

Haitian flags hanging from the ceiling of the 'temple'.

The dancers calling the spirits.

From what we understood this ceremony was called by and for a

a young man in need of help for a problem.

At different times during the ceremony there was prayers, quiet, anger, and jubilation and hopefully in the end the young man was freed from the troubles he had.

I was invited to attend the ceremony by Menehem;

When I mentioned it to this team, several in fact were interested in joining me- our group ended up being 18. At first it was going to be in LaPlane, but when we arrived at the Oloffson to join the others going there was a change of plans. It was actully held downtown in a temple near the soccer stadium and a cemetary (seems fitting). They took us through some dark allyways to reach the 'temple' room. There was a mixture of people - blans and Haitians. Many of the Haitians knew each other and the person seeking help. They pretty much ignored us. They passed around bottles of Barbincourt and scotch through out the ceremony and some water but we had agreed not to drink or smoke or take anything offered to us. This part of the ceremony lasted for about 90 minutes at which time we left...