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New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
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4 reviews for New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
OK - the voodoo museum is awesome. We came in to see an older gentleman sitting in a room full of Voodoo ephemera massaging the a albino python draped around his neck. This would be John, the Voodoo Priest. The snake is Jolie Vert, and we were welcome to pet her if we were gentle.
John runs the place (holds court is a more apt description) and lives upstairs with the big python (250+ pounds, unless John is lying, which I kinda couldn't care less about because the stories are so good).
We hung out for like and hour, got a quick run-down on the history of Voodoo in the Carribbean with an emphasis on NOLA, toured the small back rooms that were packed with photos, statues, objets & altars. We also met a few neighbors and heard a ton of neighborhood dish.
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Very representative of the voodoo religion. There are altars throughout what seems to merely be a small house. You can take pix but are hastened not to touch anything. Very cool if you like movies like Live and Let Die or Skeleton Key. There are some educational materials about if you need to bone up on your voodoo. I was not allowed to buy gris gris by my wife, who feared its evil juju would jinx us when we got home. I guess she forgot we lived in Ohio, and it couldn't get much worse here.
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You must go visit John if you are visiting the French Quarter. We didnt take the tour but really enjoyed speaking with him and browsing his shop. Nevermind all the so-called Voodoo shops in the Quarter. This is the real thing. I dont know anything about Voodoo but I really enjoyed learning about what the various items were for. They had great voodoo dolls made from Spanish Moss for $7 which are beautiful. Not like the cheesy ones you see in all the t-shirt stores. They make great gifts to bring home. I got one John recommended for good luck. Hopefully it works!
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I had to do some research for school so I stopped by the museum. It's very small with 2 rooms showcasing various materials. I got all the information I needed though. Admission was $5. Voodoo dolls were cheap and so were the gris gris bags. Got to speak to John T. Martin who is a voodoo priest and lives upstairs from the museum. That's where he does his readings and rituals. His house is filled with snakes so you'd have to be ok with them sliding around freely.
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