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ON THE THRESHOLD OF A VOODOO TEMPLE, HAITI ISLAND
| A fearsome institution with fearsome observances, this Voodoo temple stands for all that is most savage in certain Haitian negroes who regard this superstitious worship as more congenial than their nominal Catholic faith. The Voodoo cult is current in several West Indian islands, and its sacred rites, performed by a priest and priestess, are based upon the worship of the green snake |