Voodoo art in Port-au-Prince
Although I'm not a big fan, on the way to Jeremie I pretty much have to spend a night in Port-au-Prince. When I was there recently, I stopped by this voodoo artist's workshop. Some of it is interesting, some is scary, some is probably illegal and some is simply perplexing.
Here's the owner of the workshop, Andre:
Along with this close-up of some of his personal work:
This is the type of stuff that *may* be illegal. Just today I was told that it's not uncommon for graves to be undug, so thieves can steal and sell the bones -- particularly skulls -- for voodoo ceremonies, etc.
I found this one -- and all of the baby head on soda bottle pieces -- a bit disturbing though. Kinda reminded me of the Chucky slasher films:
Coupling the disturbing doll head soda bottles with the assorted baby shoe artwork left me feeling a bit off:
But here's one piece of work that I found interesting:
Tim White
2 comments:
Definitely very interesting. I agree w/the Chucky assessment. Thanks for sharing your adventures. 8-D
Hey Bonni... I almost forgot. The freaky baby head with the wig is actually smoking a cigarette butt... but then I also recall my first weekend here (in October). I went to the beach and there was at least one kid -- definitely a pre-teen -- who was drinking a beer very casually with Haitian adults around. Definitely a different culture.
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