<COMMENT>VOODOO book - by Breadfan</COMMENT>
<P><B>The Day Of The Dead
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<P>A yearly festival among Voodouists', the Day of the Dead is said to be a gathering in honor of the dead voodou Bokor and Mambo. Voodouists' gather and perform mysterious rituals in an attempt to become possessed by the spirits. If anyone has the great fortune of being possessed by the spirit of The Hatter, he has the great privilidge of sacrificing one of seven goats. First, the possessed vessel must bite open the goat's scrotum in order to obtain the goat's testicles, and in doing so, drink the flow of blood. After this is done, the vessel must slit the throat of the still living goat and drink the blood which pours from the neck.
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<P>Unfortunately, in this day and age, Voodouism is a dwindling culture, with ignorance and Catholicism taking over. It has been reduced to only small parts of the world, small parts of Jamaica and Haiti, for example. The state of life for these people though, with constant rioting, pillaging, and general debauchery could well spell the end of Voodouism for good.