A Miami photo exhibit dispels myths about Haitian-American religious traditions

"This is part of my culture. This is part of my tradition. Many of the nearly 150 photos in the exhibition focus on ceremonies from vodou, santeria and ifa traditions that have their origins among West Africa's Yoruba people."

"There's vodou ceremonies happening in Miami Shores, Pembroke Pines, West Miramar, the different places where you never would have thought there's ceremonies happening over here."

"The poto mitan is the charge between, the connection between the earthly world and the ancestor world."

"Many who practice vodou he says, are observing Catholics or members of other Christian faiths."

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