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Haitian Vodou: Fet Gede

February 13, 2011September 12, 2021 The Editor

First, go through the crossroads and ask Mèt Kafou to give you passage so that you can attend to the dead. Then, surrounded by the smell of strong “kleren,” walk into the graveyard and dance to the staccato banda drumbeat, … Continue reading Haitian Vodou: Fet Gede

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Vodou: heartfelt, close to the earth

February 3, 2011September 12, 2021 The Editor

At a Vodou ceremony in Gonaives, women dance for the spirits—dances full of opposites, subtle and dynamic, graceful and ragged, the vibrant tones and rhythms of the drums creating calm, balance, sensuality, and passion. Les Stone watches these women shake, … Continue reading Vodou: heartfelt, close to the earth

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