Source: CBS4
http://cbs4.com/local/animal.sacrifice.vodoo.2.633345.html
Scholars, priests and spiritual leaders gathered in South Florida on Friday, seeking an understanding of African culture and religion in the mainstream.
The aim is to achieve mainstream acceptance of practices that some might view as extreme.
Voodoo rituals, spells and ritual sacrifice are the stuff movies are made of, but at Florida International University, it was the topic of academia. It was the focus of a conference on African culture and religion that is infused in South Florida.
"So many Cuban Santeria here, Haitian Voodoo specialists, we want to use their knowledge and mainstream them into our academic curriculum," said Dr. Akin Ogundiran, who specializes in African New World Studies for FIU.