<p><strong>Vodou: Sacred Powers of Haiti</strong><em>Field Museum, Chicago</em></p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><p>Forget dolls stuck full of pins, New Orleans tourist traps and blood-soaked Hollywood stereotypes: <a href="http://www.fieldmuseum.org" title="">The Field Museum’s</a> new exhibit skips myths and misconceptions in favor of a rich cultural anthropology case study. </p><p>Through centuries of hardship, poverty and turmoil, the spiritual practice of Vodou — that’s the correct spelling — has helped Haitians find meaning and even express their creativity through visual arts and music. More than 300 authentic objects from Haiti will be on display, some accompanied by video interviews with practitioners. Opens Oct. 24. </p><div data-embedid="dcfb67aa-fdf4-4a19-b4c7-75c497a8de9c" id="insticator-embed-temp"></div><p><em>[This article originally appeared in print as "Just Don't Call It Voodoo."] </em></p>

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The October 2014 issue of Discover Magazine

Reqiring Nature

A new exhibit opens at the Field Museum in Chicago.

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The Anthropology of Vodou

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Gemma Tarlach

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Vodou: Sacred Powers of HaitiField Museum, Chicago Forget dolls stuck full of pins, New Orleans tourist traps and blood-soaked Hollywood stereotypes: The Field Museum’s new exhibit skips myths and misconceptions in favor of a rich cultural anthropology case study. Through centuries of hardship, poverty and turmoil, the spiritual practice of Vodou — that’s the correct spelling — has helped Haitians find meaning and even express their creativity through visual arts and music. More than 300 authentic objects from Haiti will be on display, some accompanied by video interviews with practitioners. Opens Oct. 24. [This article originally appeared in print as "Just Don't Call It Voodoo."]

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