Voodoo Black Doll

Dolls are an important part of voodoo rituals in West Africa, Haiti, and New Orleans. They are always used for healing purposes. When they are hung from trees in cemeteries, this is said to open and maintain communication lines between the recently deceased and those they left behind. On the other hand, when tacked to the trees upside down, they are supposed to make their creator stop caring for someone bad for them. The word ‘voodoo’ actually means ‘spirits.’ The Voodoo religion is a macigo-religious practice aiming to connect spirits with mortals. According to their beliefs, this is only possible by using a gris-gris through a magical process. Gris-gris is defined as either the magical act itself or the object used for magic. The voodoo doll is an example of a gris-gris.