To Serve the Gods /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kramer, Karen (Author), Lowenthal, Ira (Author)
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Genke, John (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Series:Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
Description
Abstract:To Serve the Gods is about the beliefs, rituals and performances of a week-long ceremony given by a Haitian family in honor of its ancestral spirits. We are told at the outset of the film that this sevis loua only occurs every twenty to thirty years. This particular service takes place in a rural community in southern Haiti, on family land, where relatives have gathered to propitiate gods inherited by their ancestors.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 33 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.