Move your mouse around the picture to learn about some of the things included on an Vodou alter honoring Gede, the lwa of death and sex.
Category Archives: Vodou Ceremonies
Gede Bal nan Gonayiv
by Eric Barstow Our first night in Gonayev was preceded by a four-hour long drive from Port-Au-Prince where I was crammed into the back of an SUV with all the bulging equipment poking me in every which way imaginable. The road was full of bumps, holes, and a general unevenness which made me think the …
Lakou Granchirè
by Eric Barstow The Gede ceremony held at Société Grandizè proved to be a pivotal experience both in this trip to understand Haitian vodou and in my personal experience. Haiti is often represented as “the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere”. It is true that poverty exists and must be addressed, but it is detrimental …
Gede nan Simityè Gonayiv
by Eric Barstow The morning of our trip to the cemetery in Gonayiv, I had envisioned a peaceful and solemn outing where Haitians approach the grave sites of the dearly departed to commune with them and connect with their ancestral dead. Everyone loaded up in the same war horse of an SUV that got us …