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Vodou: Visions And Voices Of Haiti | 
 enlarge | Author: Phyllis Galembo
Creator: Gerdes Fleurant
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 461588
Media: Paperback
Pages: 113
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 1580086764
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.675097294
EAN: 9781580086769
ASIN: 1580086764
Publication Date: February 15, 2005
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Priestesses, zombies, snakes, and swamps ...voodoo, or vodou, is the dramatically symbolic spiritual tradition of many Afro-Caribbean people. It has beguiled and terrified outsiders for centuries, and its rich practices have often been campishly exoticized as the stuff of B movies. In VODOU, photographer Phyllis Galembo shows us the human and divine faces and voices of real Haitian vodou as it is practiced today. Re-released with a striking new cover to coincide with Galembo s photographic exhibition at New York s Albany Institute of History and Art, VODOU is based on Galembo s research and interviews with scores of practitioners and adherents, as well as participation in and witness of numerous vodou rituals. The companion piece to her national gallery tour, this is a beautiful, personal, and intimate document of a fascinating and deeply misunderstood religion.
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Exquisite and Enchanting June 23, 2000
Victor Cypert (Montgomery, AL)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Beautiful images and masterful writing combine to give the reader a glimpse of the economically devastated but spiritually rich lives of the people in Haiti.Pictures of Manbos, Oungans, and Bokos make the book come alive and speak to us of the beauty and wonder of the misunderstood religion of Vodou.
Brilliant April 18, 2005
Shloma ben Avram HaKohain (Michigan)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Phyllis Galembo's photographic skills are legend among those whose interest extends to African and Afro-Caribbean religions. In this area she never fails to impress and satisfy. I am happy to have this book.
In addition to her brilliant photographs, Galembo offers detailed, profound and soulful explanations of Vodou belief. She is one of only a very few authors to have done so. This book will serve to inform and enlighten both the curious and the expert. Bravo!
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