Voodoo devotees eat GLASS and sacrifice goats during bizarre celebrations held to mark Haiti’s day of the dead
Spiritual believers gather to remember lost relatives and to ask spirits for guidance during colourful ceremony
HUNDREDS of face-painted revellers weave through the bustling streets of Haiti for the annual voodoo Day of the Dead festival.
Devotees can be seen eating glass, carrying dead goats, and drinking from bottles of rum infused with fiery peppers at the spiritual bash.
The Haitians head to a sprawling cemetery in the country's capital of Port-au-Prince, where voodoo priests and priestesses gather around what is thought to be the nation's oldest grave.
They then light candles and start small fires to recall the spirit of Baron Samedi the guardian of the dead.
The Day of the Dead festival takes place on November 1 and November 2, when voodoo followers remember relatives who have passed away and asks spirits to grant them favours or offer them advice.
Vendors set up in the cemetery and sell things such as rum, candles and rosary beads.
Voodoo has been a recognised religion since 2003 and is practised widely across Haiti.
It has developed since West African slaves were brought to the island in the 17th century and were forced to practice Catholicism.
The slaves adopted saints to coincide with personalities in African religions.
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