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| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou Donald Cosentino, 1995 This abundantly illustrated anthology brings together sixteen essays by artists, scholars and ritual experts who examine the sacred arts of Haitian Vodou from multiple perspectives. Among the many topics covered are the ten major Vodou divinities: Vodou's roots in the Fon and Kongo kingdoms of Africa and its transformation in the experiences of slavery, and the encounter with European spiritual systems; Vodou praxis, including its bodily and communal disciplines, the cult of St. James Major (Ogou), and the cult of twins.In the final section, essays by Elizabeth McAlister, Patrick Polk, Tina Girouard, and Randall Morris look at Vodou arts and artists, Oleyant, and the legacy of ironworker Georges Liautaud.The Envoi, by Donald J.Cosentino, is devoted to the Gedes, spirits of death and regeneration. |
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| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Vodou Things Donald Cosentino, 1998 Pierrot Barra and his wife Marie Cassaise are the most astonishing artists that the author of this fascinating book has encountered in more than a decade of researching Vodou in Haiti. Inspired by dreams and psychic visions of Vodoun divinities, the couples' sculptures combine distant memories of Africa, the imagery of Catholic saints, Masonic regalia, and Hollywood Kitsch. 48 full-color photos. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Haitian Vodou Mambo Chita Tann, 2012-02-08 Haitian Vodou is a fascinating spiritual tradition rich with ceremonies and magic, songs and prayers, dances and fellowship. Yet outside of Haiti, next to no one understands this joyous and profound way of life. ln Haitian Vodou, Mambo Chita Tann explores the historical roots and contemporary practices of this unique tradition, including discussions of: Customs, beliefs, sacred spaces, and ritual objects Characteristics and behaviors of the Lwa, the spirits served by Vodou practitioners Common misconceptions such as voodoo dolls and the zombie phenomenon Questions and answers for attending ceremonies and getting involved in a sosyete (Vodou house) Correspondence tables, Kreyol glossary, supplemental prayer texts, and an extensive list of reference books and online resources Well-researched, comprehensive, and engaging, Haitian Vodou will be a welcome addition for people new to Haitian spirituality as well as for students, practitioners, and academics. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou Donald Cosentino, 1995 This abundantly illustrated anthology brings together sixteen essays by artists, scholars and ritual experts who examine the sacred arts of Haitian Vodou from multiple perspectives. Among the many topics covered are the ten major Vodou divinities: Vodou's roots in the Fon and Kongo kingdoms of Africa and its transformation in the experiences of slavery, and the encounter with European spiritual systems; Vodou praxis, including its bodily and communal disciplines, the cult of St. James Major (Ogou), and the cult of twins.In the final section, essays by Elizabeth McAlister, Patrick Polk, Tina Girouard, and Randall Morris look at Vodou arts and artists, Oleyant, and the legacy of ironworker Georges Liautaud.The Envoi, by Donald J.Cosentino, is devoted to the Gedes, spirits of death and regeneration. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture C. Michel, P. Bellegarde-Smith, 2006-11-27 This collection introduces readers to the history and practice of the Vodou religion, and corrects many misconceptions. The book focuses specifically on the role Vodou plays in Haiti, where it has its strongest following, examining its influence on spiritual beliefs, cultural practices, national identity, popular culture, writing and art. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Haitian Vodou Flags Patrick Arthur Polk, 1997 Once little known outside of Haiti, Vodou flags have become popular commodities in the international art market. Inspired by myths, legends, and unique personal visions, the artists of Vodou flags interweave sacred, time-honored designs with contemporary images as they produce captivating works that are both ancient and modern. 44 full-color photos. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Sacred Diagrams Edouard Duval-Carrie, Katherine Smith, 2019-11-30 The publication Sacred Diagrams: Haitian Vodou Flags from the Gessen Collection presents an overview of the Ed and Ann Gessen Collection of Haitian Vodou flags. It is co-edited by Edouard Duval-Carrié and Joanna Robotham, with essays by Duval -Carrié and Katherine Smith, Ph.D. Sacred Diagrams is published in conjunction with the exhibition Sacred Diagrams: Haitian Vodou Flags from the Gessen Collection, organized by the Tampa Museum of Art. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: The Haitian Vodou Handbook Kenaz Filan, 2006-11-10 A working guide to the proper methods of interacting with the full Vodou pantheon • Includes the myths, cultural heritage, and ancestral lineage of the lwa and how to honor and serve them • Provides an introduction and guide that is especially useful for the solitary practitioner • Discusses the relationship between Vodou, Haitian culture, and Catholicism In The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Kenaz Filan, an initiate of the Société la Belle Venus, presents a working guide to the proper methods of interacting with the full Vodou pantheon, explaining how to build respectful relationships with the lwa, the spirits honored in Haitian Vodou, and how to transform the fear that often surrounds the Vodou religion. Until recently, the Haitian practice of Vodou was often identified with devil worship, dark curses, and superstition. Some saw the saint images and the Catholic influences and wrote Vodou off as a “Christian aberration.” Others were appalled by the animal sacrifices and the fact that the Houngans and Mambos charge money for their services. Those who sought Vodou because they believed it could harness “evil” forces were disappointed when their efforts to gain fame, fortune, or romance failed and so abandoned their “voodoo fetishes.” Those who managed to get the attention of the lwa, often received cosmic retaliation for treating the spirits as attack dogs or genies, which only further cemented Vodou’s stereotype as “dangerous.” Filan offers extensive background information on the featured lwa, including their mythology and ancestral lineage, as well as specific instructions on how to honor and interact fruitfully with those that make themselves accessible. This advice will be especially useful for the solitary practitioner who doesn’t have the personal guidance of a societé available. Filan emphasizes the importance of having a quickened mind that can read the lwa’s desires intuitively in order to avoid establishing dogma-based relationships. This working guide to successful interaction with the full Vodou pantheon also presents the role of Vodou in Haitian culture and explores the symbiotic relationship Vodou has maintained with Catholicism. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Vodou Shaman Ross Heaven, 2003-11-10 Goes beyond the stereotypes to restore Vodou to its proper place as a powerful shamanic tradition • Provides practical exercises and techniques from the Vodou tradition that can be used as safe and effective means of spiritual healing and personal transformation • Shows how to remove evil spirits and negative energies sent by others • Written by a fully initiated Houngan (Vodou shaman) Providing practical exercises drawn from all aspects and stages of the Vodou tradition, Vodou Shaman shows readers how to contact the spirit world and communicate with the loa (the angel-like inhabitants of the Other World), the ghede (the spirits of the ancestors), and djabs (nature spirits for healing purposes). The author examines soul journeying and warrior-path work in the Vodou tradition and looks at the psychological principles that make them effective. The book also includes exercises to protect the spiritual self by empowering the soul, with techniques of soul retrieval, removing evil spirits and negative energies, overcoming curses, and using the powers of herbs and magical baths. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Rara! Elizabeth McAlister, 2002-05-01 Rara is a vibrant annual street festival in Haiti, when followers of the Afro-Creole religion called Vodou march loudly into public space to take an active role in politics. Working deftly with highly original ethnographic material, Elizabeth McAlister shows how Rara bands harness the power of Vodou spirits and the recently dead to broadcast coded points of view with historical, gendered, and transnational dimensions. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Spirits in Sequins Nancy Josephson, 2007 Folk art traditions in Haiti today have risen to the level of fine art in the beaded flags shown here. Over 350 color photographs present hundreds of unique designs by dozens of contemporary artists. But this is not just a pretty book; it also explores spiritual beliefs at the core of the designs and a folk lore expressed in this most unique format. Personal stories absorb readers into the culture that the flags represent. Beautiful designs and exquisite craftsmanship are featured. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Mama Lola Karen McCarthy Brown, 2001 Vodou is among the most misunderstood and maligned of the world's religions. Mama Lola shatters the stereotypes by offering an intimate portrait of Vodou in everyday life. Drawing on a decade-long friendship with Mama Lola, a Vodou priestess, Brown tells tales spanning five generations of Vodou healers in Mama Lola's family. 46 illustrations. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Haitian Vodou Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Claudine Michel, 2006 Haitian Vodou breaks away from European and American heuristic models for understanding a religio-philosophical system such as Vodou in order to form new approaches with an African ethos. The contributors to this volume, all Haitians, examine the potentially radical and transformative possibilities of the religious and philosophical ideologies of Vodou and locate its foundations more clearly within an African heritage. Essays examine Vodou's roles in organizing rural resistance; forming political values for the transformation of Haiti; teaching social norms, values, and standards; influencing Haitian culture through art and music; merging science with philosophy, both theoretically and in the healing arts; and forming the Haitian manbo, or priest. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Masterpieces of Haitian Art Candice Russell, 2013 From painting and sculptures to papier-mache and gorgeously embellished Vodou flags, Russell's book is a celebration of the best examples in each medium produced in Haiti in the last seven decades. The misunderstood religion of Vodou informs much of the art. Learn about the diverse history of Haitian artistic schools, including the depiction of ordinary life in the Cap-Haitien style, and the mysterious and haunting images that make Saint Soleil so appealing. This mixture of work by masters like Hector Hyppolite and younger, emerging artists, demonstrates the importance of the bond between past, present, and future generations. Irreplaceable artworks, as well as hundreds of thousands of lives, were destroyed in the 2010 earthquake. In this historically important book, see how this resilient nation rebuilds itself while thoughtfully preserving its heritage and culture through art. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Voodoo Rituals Heike Owusu, 2002 Influence the unconscious mind. To practice Voodoo is to enter the ancient world of Magik, where secret arts developed from rituals held by ancient pagans, Native American tribes, Haitians, and Wiccans. Understand Voodoo’s underlying ideas and learn to make use of its powers with illustrated instructions and exercises. Use charms to bring good luck to your relationships, finances, and health--or curses to keep away harmful forces and persons. Make and employ the full range of sacred objects: dolls, candles, incense, ritual clothing, swords, knives, needles and nails, goblets, keys, mirrors, musical instruments, amulets, and masks, for charm or curse symbols to place in your room, car, or clothing. Breathing exercises enable you to enter trances, contact the unconscious and even the dead. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Vodou in the Haitian Experience Nixon S. Cleophat, Celucien L. Joseph, 2018-05-09 Studies the connections and relationships between Vodou and African traditional religions, such as Yoruba religion and Egyptian religion. ... The chapters in this collection tell a story about the dynamics of the Vodou faith and the rich ways Vodou has molded the Haitian narrative and psyche.--Back cover. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Mimola Antoine Innocent, 2018-05-25 In Antoine Innocent's 1906 novel Mimola or the Story of a Casket, Mimola, daughter of Madame Georges, suffers from an incurable nervous disease. In desperation, Madame Georges goes on a pilgrimage to Ville-Bonheur in order to implore the African divinities to help her ailing daughter. She meets a cousin, whose son Léon, is suffering from a similar disorder. Léon rejects the voodoo beliefs, will sink into madness; ardently believing, Mimola will recover and be hounsi. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Sacred Possessions Margarite Fernández Olmos, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, 1997 For review see: Joseph M. Murphy, in HAHR : The Hispanic American Historical Review, 78, 3 (August 1998); p. 495-496. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: The Fetish Revisited J. Lorand Matory, 2018-10-04 Since the early-modern encounter between African and European merchants on the Guinea Coast, European social critics have invoked African gods as metaphors for misplaced value and agency, using the term “fetishism” chiefly to assert the irrationality of their fellow Europeans. Yet, as J. Lorand Matory demonstrates in The Fetish Revisited, Afro-Atlantic gods have a materially embodied social logic of their own, which is no less rational than the social theories of Marx and Freud. Drawing on thirty-six years of fieldwork in Africa, Europe, and the Americas, Matory casts an Afro-Atlantic eye on European theory to show how Marx’s and Freud’s conceptions of the fetish both illuminate and misrepresent Africa’s human-made gods. Through this analysis, the priests, practices, and spirited things of four major Afro-Atlantic religions simultaneously call attention to the culture-specific, materially conditioned, physically embodied, and indeed fetishistic nature of Marx’s and Freud’s theories themselves. Challenging long-held assumptions about the nature of gods and theories, Matory offers a novel perspective on the social roots of these tandem African and European understandings of collective action, while illuminating the relationship of European social theory to the racism suffered by Africans and assimilated Jews alike. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Divine Revolution Donald Cosentino, 2004 Born in Port-au-Prince in 1954, Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrie studied in Canada and at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris before settling in Miami where he continues to live and work. Divine Revolution presents sequined banners, canvases with ornate frames, and a dramatic altar, all demonstrating the profound influence of Vodou and Haiti's complex cultural and political history. These works range in subject matter from celebrations and chronicles of the Haitian Revolution to examinations of the current plight of Haiti and its people. Duval-Carrie's art reveals a side of the Haitian experience that is not evident on the nightly news. The surreal starlit journeys of the Vodou deities and spirits who populate his paintings, juxtaposed with his carnivalesque portrayals of oppressive colonial and contemporary regimes, offer insight into the paradoxes of Haitian existence and the ambivalent nature of power itself, as well as a vision of the integrity of Haiti's ritual and spiritual practices. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Kafou Alex Farquharson, Leah Gordon, 2012 Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou traces the extraordinary history of Haiti's popular art over seven decades, from pioneers like Hector Hyppolite, Philome Obin, Wilson Bigaud and Georges Liautaud, promoted in the 1940s and 50s by Andre Breton and the Surrealists, to exciting contemporary figures like Myrlande Constant, Edouard Duval- Carrie, Frantz Zephirin and the Atis Rezistans group. Its focus is the abiding significance of Vodou (or voodoo ) in the art of Haiti's urban and rural poor. The book documents a major exhibition presented at Nottingham Contemporary in 2012 curated by Alex Farquharson and Leah Gordon. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: In Extremis Donald Cosentino, 2012 Issued in connection with an exhibition held September 16, 2012-January 20, 2013, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and English Benjamin Hebblethwaite, Joanne Bartley, 2012 Vodou songs constitute the living memory of Haitian Vodou communities, and song texts are key elements to understanding Haitian culture. Vodou songs form a profound religious and cultural heritage that traverses the past and refreshes the present. Offering a one-of-a-kind research tool on Vodou and its cultural roots in Haiti and pre-Haitian regions, Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and English provides a substantial selection of hard to find or unpublished sacred Vodou songs in a side-by-side bilingual format. Esteemed scholar Benjamin Hebblethwaite introduces the language, mythology, philosophy, origins, and culture of Vodou through several chapters of source songs plus separate analytical chapters. He guides readers through songs, chants, poems, magical formulae, invocations, prayers, historical texts and interviews, as well as Haitian Creole grammar and original sacred literature. An in-depth dictionary of key Vodou terms and concepts is also provided. This corpus of songs and the research about them provide a crucial understanding of the meaning of Vodou religion, language, and culture. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Divine Horsemen Maya Deren, 1953 This is the classic, intimate study, movingly written with the special insight of direct encounter, which was first published in 1953 by the fledgling Thames & Hudson firm in a series edited by Joseph Campbell. Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen is recognized throughout the world as a primary source book on the culture and spirituality of Haitian Voudoun. The work includes all the original photographs and illustrations, glossary, appendices and index. It includes the original Campbell foreword along with the foreword Campbell added to a later edition. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: The Things of Others: Ethnographies, Histories, and Other Artefacts Olívia Maria Gomes da Cunha, 2020-05-18 The Things of Others: Ethnographies, Histories, and Other Artefacts deals with the things mainly, but not only, mobilized by anthropologists in order to produce knowledge about the African American, the Afro-Brazilian and the Afro-Cuban during the 1930s. However, the book's goal is not to dig up evidence of the creation of an epistemology of knowledge and its transnational connections. The research on which this book is based suggests that the artefacts created in fieldwork, offices, libraries, laboratories, museums, and other places and experiences – beyond the important fact that these places and situations involved actors other than the anthropologists themselves – have been different things during their troubled existence. The book seeks to make these differences apparent, highlighting rather than concealing the relationships between partial modes of making and being ‘Afro’ as a subject of science. If the artefacts created in a variety of situations have been different things, we should ask what sort of things they were and how the actors involved in their creation sought to make them meaningful. The book foregrounds these discontinuous and ever-changing contours. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: The Voodoo Encyclopedia Jeffrey E. Anderson, 2015-08-26 This compelling reference work introduces the religions of Voodoo, a onetime faith of the Mississippi River Valley, and Vodou, a Haitian faith with millions of adherents today. Unlike its fictional depiction in zombie films and popular culture, Voodoo is a full-fledged religion with a pantheon of deities, a priesthood, and communities of believers. Drawing from the expertise of contemporary practitioners, this encyclopedia presents the history, culture, and religion of Haitian Vodou and Mississippi Valley Voodoo. Though based primarily in these two regions, the reference looks at Voodoo across several cultures and delves into related religions, including African Vodu, African Diasporic Religions, and magical practices like hoodoo. Through roughly 150 alphabetical entries, the work describes various aspects of Voodoo in Louisiana and Haiti, covering topics such as important places, traditions, rituals, and items used in ceremonies. Contributions from scholars in the field provide a comprehensive overview of the subject from various perspectives and address the deities and ceremonial acts. The book features an extensive collection of primary sources and a selected, general bibliography of print and electronic resources. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Nan Domi Mimerose Beaubrun, 2013-12-17 Offers an insider's account of Vodou's private, mystical, interior practice, discussing the author's own initiation and education in the religion. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Vodou Brooklyn , 2010 This book is an intimate portrayal of a Haitian immigrant Vodou priestess. Color photographs and text document the young Mambo presiding over five distinct Vodou ceremonies held in one year in a single basement in Brooklyn, NY. By focusing on what happens in this transformed basement, the reader becomes personally involved with the people of this community through seeing them from ceremony to ceremony. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: The Divine Coloring Book Christine Joy Amagan Ferrer, 2021-01-27 The Divine is a multicultural 100-page coloring book for people of all ages (especially the child in all of us) inspired by folklore and spirituality from the Philippines (Diwatas), Haiti (Lwas of Vodou) and Brazil (Orixás of Candomble and deities of the Indigenous Brazilian Tupi Tribe). Thirteen divinities from each culture are represented, along with the folklore and symbolism associated with each of the divinities. Included throughout the book are inspirational quotes, mindfulness activities for children, and poetry featuring Eniafe Isis of All Her Words, Aimee Amparo, and Haitian songs by Daniel Brav Brevil. 40 full-page, 8.5x11 illustrations. Artists include: Andre Hora, Gabrielle Tesfaye, Fermina Caragay Armstrong, Salima Silagon Saway, Grace Bio, Rahana Dariah, Zachary Bodinho Present, Stephen Hamilton, Cece Carpio, Nikila Badua/MamaWisdom1, Wisthon Thime, Dee Jae Pa'este, Ubi Maya, Mitzi Ulloa, Rodney Sanon and Laylie Frazier. While many of us grew up with mythologies about Greek and Roman gods, as well as stories like Cinderella, Little Mermaid and Robin Hood, few of us have been exposed to the stories included in The Divine--stories that have been passed down from generation to generation through traditional dance, music, and oral storytelling. The Divine draws a connection between the cultures and beliefs of these diasporas, in hopes of giving them the attention they deserve. From the Americas to Africa to the islands, let's continue to carry and pass down the wisdom that lies in these stories. This book is something meant to grow with and meet the reader where they are. Read and color for yourself, or do it with a little one. Mindfulness activities are meant for children and adults to do together. The poetry, quotes and songs are meant for older youth and adults. And the folklore/symbolism is meant for older youth and grown-ups to read with little ones. Every people, every culture has its own way of honoring the sacred and the spiritual. When we apply the wisdom of these stories to our everyday lives, we discover a deeper relationship to the world around us. Before our lives began, before we believed, the Divine has been both within us and outside of us. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Book of Vodou Prayers Mambo Vye Zo Komande Lamenfo, 2019-09-04 The Sosyete du Marche's Book of Vodou Prayers is a compilation of prayers and invocations for service work, private practice, and every day meditation. In here you will find an alphabetical collection of invocations; prayers for calling specific Lwa into your service; and works that you can use for daily prayer. Mambo Vye Zo Komande LaMenfo has spent over 25 years collecting material for her personal service work. Now, she share her efforts with everyone. A very handy little tome that every Vodouisant should have on their altar! |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: A Priest's Head, A Drummer's Hands: New Orleans Voodoo: Order of Service Louie Martinie, 2019-12-12 A complete-in-itself first volume in a series of teachings on Voodoo as it has and continues to develop in New Orleans. It contains an Order of Service developed over hundreds of rituals at the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple. This Order follows the steps of birth and can be used to bring honor and respect to the ancestors or to birth a magickal child of the voodoosant's choosing. Rhythms for the drums are given in the form of Drum Prayers. Rites and offerings to mark the passage of the Grande Zombie (Great Serpent) through the Seasons are outlined in a section on the Ophidian Year. A photographic record of the wake of Charles Masicot Gandolfo, the founder of the Historic Voodoo Museum, and a recounting of the line of Spiritual Doctors running back through the annals of New Orleans Voodoo is presented. Information and a working talisman for John Montanee, the original Dr. John, who conjured and drummed in the eighteen hundreds in New Orleans is included as well as a veve for the city of New Orleans as a spiritual entity. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Vodou Phyllis Galembo, 2005 Now Back in Print!Eighty-plus brilliant color photographs are accompanied by captions and essays from experts of Voodoo, or VODOU, the dazzlingly symbolic spiritual tradition. Photographer Phyllis Galembo shows us the human and divine faces and voices of real Haitian Vodou in a beautiful, personal, and intimate document of a fascinating and deeply misunderstood religion.Reissued with a new cover to coincide with the author's one-person show at the Albany Institute of History and Art in New York.A groundbreaking collection that was before its time. As alternative religions such as Wicca gain in popularity, less understood traditions such as vodou are garnering more attention. Captions and essays from experts in the field accompany brilliant photographs documenting the vodou religious practice. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Island Possessed Katherine Dunham, 2012-05-16 Just as surely as Haiti is possessed by the gods and spirits of vaudun (voodoo), the island possessed Katherine Dunham when she first went there in 1936 to study dance and ritual. In this book, Dunham reveals how her anthropological research, her work in dance, and her fascination for the people and cults of Haiti worked their spell, catapulting her into experiences that she was often lucky to survive. Here Dunham tells how the island came to be possessed by the demons of voodoo and other cults imported from various parts of Africa, as well as by the deep class divisions, particularly between blacks and mulattos, and the political hatred still very much in evidence today. Full of the flare and suspense of immersion in a strange and enchanting culture, Island Possessed is also a pioneering work in the anthropology of dance and a fascinating document on Haitian politics and voodoo. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Serving the Spirits Mambo Vye Zo Komande La Menfo, 2011-09-01 A healing and balanced faith, Haitian Vodou is a member of the African Traditional Religions that came into the Western Hemisphere via the Transatlantic slave trade. Despite a much misunderstood image, Vodou gives its practitioners the tools to understand the world around them. By participating in an annual calendar of observances, rituals and services, servitors can engage with the Vodou Mysteries , thereby enlisting their aid in helping lead a balanced life. Manbo Vye Zo uses her own story of becoming manbo or mother of the spirits as a stepping stone for her students and godchildren so they can learn by her example. An educational text as well as story, Manbo helps the reader gain a greater understanding of the faith as she leads us ever deeper into unexplored territory. Come experience the world of Haitian Vodou from an insider's perspective, and leave forever changed in your outlook on the world of Vodou. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: American Street Ibi Zoboi, 2017-02-14 A National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews and multiple awards! A New York Times Notable Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book Of All Time* Publishers Weekly Flying Start * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice of 2017 (Top of the List winner) * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * BookPage Best YA Book of the Year An evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jason Reynolds In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture. On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit’s west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream? |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: The 21 Divisions Hector Salva, 2020 Like all forms of Caribbean Voodoo, practitioners of the 21 Divisions believe in one God, a distant God that doesn't get involved in human affairs. Followers of this Dominican spiritual tradition believe that God created intermediaries to help humans, beings known as Los Misterios. The Misterios are powerful beings who rule and have dominion over universal forces and human conditions. Filled with detailed insider information and real stories of healing, magic, and mystery, this book will serve as an illuminating guide to the 21 Divisions-- |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Mami Wata Henry John Drewal, 2008 This book traces the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata and other African water divinities. Mami Wata, often portrayed with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish, is at once beautiful, jealous, generous, seductive, and potentially deadly. A water spirit widely known across Africa and the African diaspora, her origins are said to lie overseas, although she has been thoroughly incorporated into local beliefs and practics. She can bring good fortune in the form of money, and her power increased between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, the era of growing international trade between Africa and the rest of the world. Her name, which may be translated as Mother Water or Mistress Water, is pidgin English, a language developed to lubricate trade. Africans forcibly carried across the Atlantic as part of that trade brought with them their beliefs and practices honoring Mami Wata and other ancestral deities. Henry John Drewal is the Evjue-Bascom Professor of African and African Diaspora Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Other contributors include Marilyn Houlberg, Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Amy L. Noell, John W. Nunley, and Jill Salmons. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Mystical Imagination , 2013-12-29 The Hector Hyppolite Retrospective Catalogue is an exhaustive source of the mystical work of that iconic Haitian artist. It is a further effort to project Haitian pictural production on the cultural map of the world. |
| sacred arts of haitian vodou: Sacred Waters Henry John Drewal, 2008 A rich, multifaceted appraisal of Mami Wata and other water deities in Africa and beyond |
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Haiti’s native Taino culture. Haitians create elaborate ceremonial art to honor and serve the Vodou spirits. The most celebrated genre of Vodou sacred art is the lavishly decorated ritual …
Drapo Vodou: Sacred Standards of Haitian Vodou - eScholarship
Haitian Vodou flags (drapo Vodou) are little known to vexillologists, but have been studied by scholars in the fields of art, anthropology, African-American studies, and other disciplines.
VODOU AND CHRISTIANITY. LAËNNEC HURBON - Vanderbilt …
Hurbon Laennec. “Globalization and the Evolution of Haitian Vodou.” Pp.263-277 in Orisha Devotion as World Religion. Edited by Olupona, Jacob K and Terry Rey. Madison, WI: …
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Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou Donald Cosentino,1995 This abundantly illustrated anthology brings together sixteen essays by artists scholars and ritual experts who examine the sacred arts of …
The book contains an excellent array of SACRED ARTS OF …
SACRED ARTS OF HAITIAN VODOU Edited by Donald J. Cosentino UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, 1995. 446 pp., 600 b/w & 250 color illus-trations, notes, …
The Journal of the Vodou Archive Spring 2012 - University of …
Haitian Vodou but also of Haitian culture, in which there are two types of dance: secular and sacred (Dunham 1947: 15). For the purpose of this paper, the sacred dance will be addressed. …
92 Journal of American Folklore 113 (2000) - JSTOR
Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou is a very important exhibition that adds a great deal to the under-standing of the religious and cultural achieve-ments of African peoples in the New World. …
Journal of Haitian Studies Special Issue: Climate Change, …
They return our attention to the indigenous worldviews that promote traditional ecological knowledge (Berkes 1993), including, in Haiti, Vodou as a sacred ecology that teaches …
Exploring Contortions of the Authentic: Voodoo in New Orleans
In 1998, the Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou exhibition (organized by the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at the University of California, Los Angeles) opened at the New Orleans Museum of Art …
RHYTHMS OF RAPTURE: SACRED MUSICS OF HAITIAN …
Introduction: Vodou Music and Ritual Work by Elizabeth McAlister When Vou say the ward "Vodou, " most people immediately think of dolls with pins in them and walking ghosts. But for man y …
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the study of Haitian Vodou. Three of these are edited collections which show-case a range of new approaches to Vodou and other Afro-Atlantic religions The Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, a …
Haiti Religion-Voodoo, Their Rituals and Concept of Soul - IJISRT
Voodoo is a sensationalized popular culture exaggeration of voudon, an Afro-Caribbean religion that began in Haiti, however devotees can be found in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, the …
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Vodou practiced and so powerful are the premises of its underlying cosmology that it is usually considered by the Haitians themselves to be the national religion. Subtle political elements are …
The Sacred Music and Dance of Haitian Vodou from Temple …
The Sacred Music and Dance of Haitian Vodou from Temple to Stage and the Ethics of Representation Source: Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 32, No. 1, Religion and Identity in the …
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Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou Donald Cosentino,1995 This abundantly illustrated anthology brings together sixteen essays by artists scholars and ritual experts who examine the sacred arts of …
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Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, the vibrant exhi-bition guest-curated by Marilyn Houlberg (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) and Donald J. Cosen-tino (UCLA) rises to this challenge,...
THE BLOOD OF THE LAND: HAITIAN VODOU
Vodou is the spiritual blood of Haiti. Vodou came to the New World from Africa. When the slaves arrived, they had nothing but the chains they bore and what they carried in their hearts—their …
The Role of Dance in Haitian Vodou - University of Florida
Haitian Vodou but also of Haitian culture, in which there are two types of dance: secular and sacred (Dunham 1947: 15). For the purpose of this paper, the sacred dance will be addressed. Many …
The Sacred Music and Dance of Haitian Vodou from Temple …
The Sacred Music and Dance of Haitian Vodou from Temple to Stage and the Ethics of Representation by Lois Wilcken "What is true and at the same time quite remarkable about the …
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Select images and excerpts from Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou by the Los Angeles Fowler Museum of Cultural History Pictures to share from the Vodou Symposium at the Centre Culturel, …
Saluting Vodou Spirits: Haitian Flags from the Fowler …
Haiti’s native Taino culture. Haitians create elaborate ceremonial art to honor and serve the Vodou spirits. The most celebrated genre of Vodou sacred art is the lavishly decorated ritual flags called …
Drapo Vodou: Sacred Standards of Haitian Vodou
Haitian Vodou flags (drapo Vodou) are little known to vexillologists, but have been studied by scholars in the fields of art, anthropology, African-American studies, and other disciplines.
VODOU AND CHRISTIANITY. LAËNNEC HURBON - Vanderbilt …
Hurbon Laennec. “Globalization and the Evolution of Haitian Vodou.” Pp.263-277 in Orisha Devotion as World Religion. Edited by Olupona, Jacob K and Terry Rey. Madison, WI: University of …
Sacred Arts Of Haitian Vodou [PDF] - oldshop.whitney.org
Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou Donald Cosentino,1995 This abundantly illustrated anthology brings together sixteen essays by artists scholars and ritual experts who examine the sacred arts of …
The book contains an excellent array of SACRED ARTS OF …
SACRED ARTS OF HAITIAN VODOU Edited by Donald J. Cosentino UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, 1995. 446 pp., 600 b/w & 250 color illus-trations, notes, bibliography, …
The Journal of the Vodou Archive Spring 2012 - University of …
Haitian Vodou but also of Haitian culture, in which there are two types of dance: secular and sacred (Dunham 1947: 15). For the purpose of this paper, the sacred dance will be addressed. Many …
92 Journal of American Folklore 113 (2000) - JSTOR
Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou is a very important exhibition that adds a great deal to the under-standing of the religious and cultural achieve-ments of African peoples in the New World. …
Journal of Haitian Studies Special Issue: Climate Change, …
They return our attention to the indigenous worldviews that promote traditional ecological knowledge (Berkes 1993), including, in Haiti, Vodou as a sacred ecology that teaches ecological …
Exploring Contortions of the Authentic: Voodoo in New Orleans
In 1998, the Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou exhibition (organized by the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at the University of California, Los Angeles) opened at the New Orleans Museum of Art …
