ABOUT US
Welcome to Lakou Miton Yewe’s website! This kay Vodou (Vodou house) is run by Houngan Erol Josué with the help of many other initiates and servitors within the
Vodou community. We gather to celebrate God and the Spirits of Vodou by traditionally performing ceremonies for the lwa and our ancestors. This house is committed to healing,
teaching and sharing positive and precise knowledge about Haitian Vodou as a world religion and way of life. Discrimination does not occur in this house, all those honorable
souls who are called by the lwa are welcome.
This website was created to help people who have been called by the lwa to find a place to call home, a place where they can learn to interact with the "Ginen” the proper way.
Traditionally Vodou is taught by Elders within the community and mastered by practicing it, not from books or websites. These are, however great tools to open doors and to deepen your understanding of this practice. In the spirit of learning, we present monthly workshops and a lecture on Vodou yearly. This is a great experience for those who want to learn more about Haitian Vodou.
Lakou Miton Yewe is based in Haiti with satellite houmfors in North Miami and New York. Outside of Haiti, most of our services are conducted in South Florida as it has many benefits like growing the many herbs and plants that are traditionally used in Haitian Vodou ceremonies. Our house routinely conducts “sevis” for the lwa of course but we also provide many other services for the community including baptisms, marriages and funerals. We have set up a Donation Page to help support the survivors of the Earthquake in Haiti!
ABOUT HOUNGAN EROL
Erol Josué was born to his priestess mother Genia, in Haiti. His birth father fled Haiti soon following Erol’s conception for political reasons. A divorced Genia remarried a
well-known Vodou priest named Eberle Lajoie who, as a child Erol believed to be his father.
In 1987 Erol’s stepfather’s spirits indicated that Erol was to be initiated/kanzo. While the stepfather was reluctant to perform the ceremonies to someone of such a young age, others confirmed that Erol was prepared for the challenges that would be laid in front of him. Soon after, his intensive training started to prepare him for the kanzo ceremony that would make him Houngan Dieu Devant (Houngan In Front of God) at the age of 17.
Erol moved to Paris in order to study music and dance when he was 19. After many years in Paris a longing to be around a larger Haitian and Vodou population led him to New York
and then Miami, where he has set up his kay Vodou. He now spends much of his time in South Florida with trips to New York and Haiti in-between. Running a kay Vodou and keeping up
with his career in music makes up his busy days...
