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  Encyclopedia: New Orleans Voodoo
The VooDoo competes in the Southern Division of the National Conference, playing their home games at the New Orleans Arena, which they share with the National Basketball Association New Orleans Hornets.
The New Orleans Arena is an indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Despite the underacheivement, the Voodoo proved to be hits with New Orleans for the second consecutive year, with an average attendance of 15,338, good for third in the 17-team AFL, and again had the New Orleans market lead the nation in television ratings for Sunday AFL broadcasts on NBC.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Orleans-Voodoo   (1716 words)

  
 New Orleans VooDoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Last-minute losses to the Georgia Force and Austin Wranglers dropped the Voodoo's record to 6-4, but were made up by a 64-28 blowout over the Columbus Destroyers and a 49-40 road win at the Grand Rapids Rampage, whom along with the Destroyers had only one win before facing the Voodoo.
The final score was 51-40, ending the Voodoo's season at 9-7, a dissapointing result for a team widely expected to challenge for the ArenaBowl championship.
If the bidding for ArenaBowl XX is allowed to begin, New Orleans would be an early favorite, along with Orlando and Arizona.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Orleans_VooDoo   (688 words)

  
 ipedia.com: New Orleans, Louisiana Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
New Orleans was founded by the French under the direction of Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville, in 1718.
New Orleans was the capital of the state of Louisiana until 1849, then again from 1865 to 1880.
New Orleans is well known for its creole culture and the persistence of Voodoo by a few of its residents, as well as for its music, food, architecture and good times.
www.ipedia.com /new_orleans__louisiana.html   (2477 words)

  
 New Orleans : Attractions : Voodoo | Frommers.com
Voodoo's mystical presence is one of the most common motifs in New Orleans.
Voodoo then was a way for slaves to have their own community and a certain amount of freedom.
Voodoo is a viable religion because people feel that by using the rituals and the prayers and all of the implements, they can do things and have power and control over their own lives.
www.frommers.com /destinations/neworleans/0020021936.html   (2002 words)

  
 Bloody Mary's New Orleans - History of New Orleans Voodoo
New Orleans was on its way to becoming the richest town in the country--creating an ever increasing need for the skills of voodoo.
New Orleans is an open book and a place where people feel safe to explore their occult or hidden side; they ask questions, drink, dance, tour, explore and attend rituals that they may never think of doing at home.
New Orleans was the perfect breeding ground to host a tradition that has earned her the reputation of Voodoo Capital of America.
www.bloodymarystours.com /hist-neworleansvoodoo.htm   (1719 words)

  
 New Orleans VooDoo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
An AFL expansion team, the VooDoo played its inaugural game at home against the (Click link for more info and facts about Indiana Firebirds) Indiana Firebirds on February 12 2004.
The team logo, consisting of a skull wearing a top hat and sunglasses, is unique—even by Arena Football standards.
The team's average attendance of 15,240 ranked fifth in the league and was a major factor in the VooDoo's 7-1 regular season home record.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/new_orleans_voodoo1.htm   (171 words)

  
 Cemeteries get eerie in Big Easy, land of voodoo, ghosts and jazz
While there is no credible documentation of the introduction of voodoo in North America, most scholars agree that it was first imported to New Orleans with the introduction of the slave trade around 1510.
The most famous voodoo queen, Marie Laveau, used a variety of talents to establish herself and gained the respect and confidence of New Orleans elite.
While voodoo is similar to Catholicism and a number of other, more earthly, religions, it has a significant image problem, often being dismissed as primitive or evil due to portrayal in films with human sacrifices and bloodletting rituals.
www.freep.com /features/travel/neworleans17e_20041017.htm   (1608 words)

  
 What is Voodoo?@ New Orleans Mistic Marketplace and Botanica
New Orleans Voodoo is a collection of practices handed down through oral tradition from African slaves.
New Orleans Voodoo was practiced, in large part, for the purpose of improving the lives of its practitioners.
One thing, however, is clear: New Orleans had a rich heritage of African influence since the first slaves came to the French territory beginning in or around 1719.
neworleansmistic.com /spells/primer/whatisvoodoo.htm   (1142 words)

  
 Voodoo in New Orleans; Investigative Files (Skeptical Inquirer January 2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Voodoo's African elements include worship of loa (supernatural entities) and the ancestral dead, together with the use of drums and dancing, during which loa may possess the faithful.
Voodoo spread from Haiti to New Orleans in the wake of the Haitian slave revolt (1791-1804).
Marie was introduced to voodoo by various "voodoo doctors," practitioners of a popularized voodoo that emphasized curative and occult magic and seemed to have a decidedly commercial aspect.
www.csicop.org /si/2002-01/i-files.html   (2784 words)

  
  New Orleans' Voodoo Museum
Voodoo has been a part of the rich cultural heritage of New Orleans for centuries.
New Orleans boasts at least one voodoo bar, several voodoo tours, a voodoo shop and a yearly voodoo concert featuring rock 'n roll bands.
One wall is dominated by a portrait of Marie Laveau, the legendary queen of New Orleans voodoo.
savvytraveler.publicradio.org /show/features/2000/20001110/voodoo.shtml   (874 words)

  
 ! The Voodoo Queen: Marie Laveau and New Orleans Voodoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There's much more to Voodoo than the stereotypical witch doctor fiendishly jabbing needles into dolls, and those who dreaded the wrath of a particular woman in old New Orleans would readily attest to that.
The ancient rites of Voodoo -- along with a heaping helping of down-to-earth shrewdness -- propelled her to a profound level of influence among the common folk and the aristocratic gentry alike, a feat nearly unimaginable for a fl woman in the oppressive days of slavery.
New Orleans native Adrian Nicholas McGrath profiles the remarkable Madam Leveau, and also traces the historical migration of Voodoo from Africa to New Orleans via the Caribbean, explaining along the way everything you ever wanted to know about mojo, juju, hoodoo, gris-gris bags and zombies, but were afraid to ask.
www.parascope.com /en/articles/voodooQueen.htm   (165 words)

  
 New Orleans Voodoo, Voodoo in New Orleans, Marie Laveau, Voodoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
New Orleans is stock full of folk tales of Voodoo practitioners who can transform into animals or cause animals to invade others.
The first Voodoo Queen in New Orleans was Sanite’ DeDe, a young woman from Santo Domingo who bought her way to freedom in New Orleans.
In October of 1951, in a quiet neighborhood near the New Orleans lakefront, a woman shot and wounded her husband for burning salt and incense on their front door.
www.neworleansghosts.com /voodoo.htm   (2500 words)

  
 New Orleans Voodoo Tarot Review
The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot is suited for those who practice or are interested in the four cults of Voodoo, Santeria, Petro, Congo and Rada.
The introduction to The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot companion book starts things off on a less than stellar note, by stating that Tarot images found their way through Europe under the stewardship of the Gypsies, who themselves carried the knowledge of the great mystery schools of Egypt.
Santeria, a sister religion to Voodoo, is the Nation that equates with the element of Earth.
www.aeclectic.net /voodoo/review.shtml   (2390 words)

  
 New Orleans VooDoo football team
And with their blessings, the New Orleans VooDoo — the newest team to join the city’s professional sports offerings — will kick off in the New Orleans Arena for the first time on Feb. 14.
The New Orleans VooDoo is part of a 19-team Arena Football League, an organization known for filling NFL’s offseason with a fast-paced, high-scoring, action-packed variation of traditional football.
Benson noticed that in New Orleans people talked about football year round, and it was his goal to give them something good to talk about, even in the spring.
www.denisetrowbridge.com /portfolio/stories/Neworleansvoodooafl.html   (2055 words)

  
 A voodoo revival in New Orleans - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com
Over the years, the popularity of voodoo has come and gone – but today, New Orleans is in the midst of a voodoo revival.  But the voodoo that they do is not exactly what you might expect.
This is not your parent’s voodoo - that New Orleans tourist gimmick of dolls, hexes and potions.  Today, voodoo is showing its serious side and attracting people like  37-year-old Sheila Cunningham, a Detroit native diagnosed two years ago with ovarian cancer.
That’s what Cunningham, who recently flew to New Orleans for a voodoo healing, is counting on.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3748834   (608 words)

  
 New orleans Voodoo tarot
This deck incorporates the Qabalistic Tree of Life into its structure and a chapter is devoted to "Voodoo and the Western Mystery Tradition." It provides some brief background information on the Tree of Life and the Golden Dawn.
I do not know enough about Voodoo to comment on his assignments, but the author sometimes finds himself apologizing, and telling us that he has to emphasize certain characteristics of the loa and minimize others in order to make them fit.
While the box trumpets "...strong parallels between the Waite and Thoth Tarots, the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and the Voodoo tradition as it is practiced in New Orleans," I do not share this viewpoint.
www.tarotpassages.com /voodoo.htm   (594 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot: Books: Louis Martinié,Sallie Ann Glassman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
First of all The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot, is not a real Tarot, in the sense of the word.
The Suits follow Rada, Congo and Petro, which are various Voodoo paths, and the fourth is Santeria, which has nothing to do with Voodoo, with the exception of some minor similarities.
The New Orleans Tarot is an excellent tool for divination, and would be good for the Voodooist "Hounfor / Mambo " As well as the Santero/as.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0892813636?v=glance   (1975 words)

  
 New Orleans Ghosts, New Orleans Vampires, New Orleans Voodoo, Marie Laveau, at New Orleans Ghosts!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was visiting New Orleans and discussing his financial concerns with some associates in a local pub.
New Orleans was settled in the early 1700’s and it was during this time in Europe that massive vampire hunts were occurring.
In a New Orleans Daily Picayune story, dated August 13, 1863, simply called, “A Snake Story”, a young woman by the name of Susan Williams claims to have snakes inhabiting her belly.
www.hauntedhistorytours.com /neworleansghosts.html   (4756 words)

  
 www.new-orleans-hotels-co.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
NEW ORLEANS - Shrimp fishermen and processors whose livelihoods were ruined by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will find it hard to collect the fruits of a hard-fought battle that won tariffs against imports.
The tomb of 18th Century voodoo queen Marie Leveau and graves of other famed artists and musicians have been unscathed in New Orleans' most famous "city of the dead," despite fears the flood waters from two hurricanes would destroy above-ground graves and scatter the remains of the long deceased.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23 - Hurricane Rita began lashing coastal cities up and down Louisiana and Texas on Friday, with wind-whipped water on the storm's periphery once again flooding a pair of low-lying areas of this stricken city and a mass evacuation in Texas leaving at least 24 elderly passengers dead in a bus fire.
www.new-orleans-hotels-co.com   (2650 words)

  
 New Orleans Voodoo
New Orleans Voodoo Crossroads was founded in 1991 as a vehicle for the dissemination of true and accurate information about the beliefs and practices of the Voodoo religion in New Orleans.
New Orleans Voodoo Crossroads' Illuminating AUTHENTIC RITUALS draw everyone into the magick presence of the Loa and reveal the many layers of this beautiful and fascinating practice.
Initiated in the Voodoo rites, my knowledge of southern life and history enables me to bring all the pieces together for a true living portrait of the French Quarter.
www.neworleansvoodoocrossroads.com   (1343 words)

  
 Artcom Museums Tour: New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
The primary purpose of this museum is to represent the traditional practices of the Voodoo religion in New Orleans.
Due to the size of these Voodoo Rituals, they are normally held at a seperate location and tickets may be purchased at the Museum.
Marie Laveau was born in New Orleans in 1794 and died in 1881.
www.artcom.com /Museums/vs/mr/70116-31.htm   (360 words)

  
 GoVooDoo.com
A statement from Saints/VooDoo Owner Tom Benson regarding the status of the New Orleans VooDoo franchise for the 2006 Arena Football League season:
VooDoo to hold tryout camp in Jackson, Miss., on August 6
The New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League have scheduled a free-agent tryout camp in Jackson, Mississippi on August 6 in preparation for the 2006 season.
www.govoodoo.com   (140 words)

  
 New Orleans Cemetery and Voodoo: Voodoo in New Orleans [Vodou, Voudoun, Voodoo, and Hoodoo]
New Orleans Cemetery and Voodoo: Voodoo in New Orleans [Vodou, Voudoun, Voodoo, and Hoodoo]
Niche at St. Judes and two Voodoo vevers St. Judes is right between the Quarter and St. Louis #1.
Voodoo Spiritual Temple Located on N. Rampart Street in New Orleans—around the corner from Marie Laveau's house and across from Congo Square--makes this prime historical Voodoo grounds.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/6157/Voodoo.html   (352 words)

  
 New orleans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park is home to over 2000 varieties of native and exotic plants.
VooDoo to hold Select-A-Seat on Jan. 6 in New Orleans Arena.
New Orleans New Orleans seduces with Caribbean colour and waves of sultry Southern heat.
new-orleans.sitesbest.com   (1032 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Voodoo in New Orleans (Pelican Pouch Series): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
If you are looking for an in-depth, scholarly work on the religion and practices of Voodoo in New Orleans this is, sadly, not the work for you.
The Voodoo's also were trying to scare "outsiders" who criticized them away with wild, false stories.
His depictions of New Orleans Voodoo and it's practitioners are dead wrong.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/088289336X?v=glance   (1209 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Voodoo in New Orleans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Voodoo In New Orleans is a history of American Voodoo from the slave days of Marie Lavaue up until the 1940's...and before Voodoo became commercialized and watered down with New Age beliefs for tourists.
Even the "New Orleans Voodoo Tarot" is mostly Voodoo from OUTSIDE of New Orleans.
If you want to see both sides of the New Orleans Voodoo coin, this is the only book that pulls back all the curtains of it's history.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/088289336X   (601 words)

  
 New Orleans Cemetery and Voodoo: Voodoo Links
An interesting article on New Orleans Voodoo by a Duke University student in the African American Studies department.
There are articles about Voodoo in New Orleans and Yemaya.
Their Red Fast Luck oil recipe is based on the New Orleans version in Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/6157/VoodooLinks.html   (484 words)

  
 New Orleans Voodoo Tarot by Louis Martinie & Sally Ann Glassman
New Orleans Voodoo Tarot by Louis Martinie & Sally Ann Glassman
Although we are still temporarily living outside of New Orleans, we have made a return trip to New Orleans and have brought back much of our stock, ALL IN PERFECT CONDITION!
Don't believe those who say New Orleans will never be the same.
www.thejukejoint.com /jukejoint/neworvoodtar.html   (338 words)

  
 Authentic New Orleans Voodoo Dolls, Spells & Voodoo Magic Products
New Orleans is in need of tremendous support right now - the devastation residents are coming home to is beyond belief.
Voodoo Authentica is proud to have a staff of experienced professionals that have been creating unique convention amenities and producing exciting themed events for over 10 years.
Whether you require an intimate courtyard ritual show for 50 or a spectacular themed event for thousands, Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans can fulfill your needs.
www.voodooshop.com   (456 words)

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