Marie Laveau
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Marie Catherine Laveau was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, herbalist and midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II, also practiced rootwork, conjure, Native American and African spiritualism as well as Louisiana Voodoo and traditional Roman Catholicism. An alternate spelling of her name, Laveaux, is considered by historians to be from the original French spelling.
Plaque at the grave of Louisiana Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau
The mausoleum where Marie Laveau is said to be interred, in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
Louisiana Voodoo
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Louisiana Voodoo, also known as New Orleans Voodoo, is an African diasporic religion that originated in Louisiana. It arose through a process of syncretism between the traditional religions of West Africa, the Roman Catholic form of Christianity, and Haitian Vodou. No central authority is in control of Louisiana Voodoo, which is organized through autonomous groups.
An altar used in Louisiana Voodoo, on display in the French Quarter of New Orleans
Altars constructed by Voodoo practitioner Sallie Ann Glassman in the Bywater area of New Orleans
A Voodoo ritual in St. John's Bayou, New Orleans on St John's Eve 2007
The interior of the Voodoo Spiritual Temple in New Orleans, photographed in 2005