Haiti's voodoo priests object to mass burials

[Kilgore Trout]

Haiti's voodoo priests object to mass burials

Dumping the dead in hurriedly excavated mass graves without proper rites is seen as desecration in a country where many believe in zombies -- dead bodies brought back to life by supernatural forces who could persecute the living.
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"It is not in our culture to bury people in such a fashion," Haiti's main voodoo leader, Max Beauvoir, said in a meeting with Preval.

Not seeing a conflict between Christianity and voodou is Santeria. Or perhaps a form of it; what little I know of it is from the book and movie Serpent and the Rainbow which explored real zombies in the form of people convinced they were dead by being paralyzed, buried and then dug up by a priest.

The quote above only notes a concern that it isn't a part of their culture, not that they are afraid of a zombie invasion. Well, sure it's not a part of their culture, but what else is there to do?

(I took a stab at where to post this... Seems like it could also be religion and current events. Please move, if necessary.)

 

[Denver]

It is a strange article - it sounds like the author is trying to imply a connection between their objections, and a belief in zombies, yet the author gives no evidence for the connection.

"The conditions in which bodies are being buried is not respecting the dignity of these people,"

This quote sounds like something I would not be at all surprised to hear from any country or belief system in similar straits as Haiti.