To serve the gods /

Records the Guin family in Southern Haiti during a week of dance, music, prayer and animal sacrifice to the family deities, or loua. The ritual is held only once in twenty or thirty years, when the extended family gathers on their ancestral land for the purpose of serving their gods.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Authors: Kramer, Karen, Lowenthal, Ira, Genke, John
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other)
Language Notes:In Haitian Creole with English narration.
Published: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2007]
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by Kramer, Karen, Lowenthal, Ira
Published 2014
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