(Image from Live Science)From Live Science:
A controversial voodoo doll is proving to be quite the pain in the side of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The doll, which features Sarkozy's likeness and is being sold in some French stores, comes with a set of pins and an instruction manual on how to inflict voodoo curses on him.
Sarzoky is now suing the producer of the doll, which he says is an affront to his reputation and a misuse of his personal image.
It is unlikely that the publisher or Sarkozy have thought much about voodoo's ancient roots during the doll fiasco, but the practice is in fact just one insignificant part of a complex belief system that makes up the mysterious religion, which is still practiced in many parts of Africa, Haiti, Jamaica and Louisiana, among others.
Vodoun, as the official religion is called by most of its practitioners, has little to do with the black magic, as its detractors suggest.
It does, however, have a lot to do with zombies.
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