How St. Patrick comes to be associated with DamballaSaint Patrick is a well known legendary figure because he drove out all the snakes out of Ireland. He is better known in Haiti as Damballa, a lwa or spirit who often appears in the form of snake in Haiti’s Voodoo religion. In Voodoo, Damballa... |
Lionel Saint Eloi, Haitian artistLionel Saint Eloi was born to a mason and to a tailor on June 25, 1980, in Port au Prince. He is an artist whose work involves painting and sculpturing. This artist started painting in 1972 after joining the Centre d’Art. He specialized in ... |
Adam Leontus, Haitian ArtistAdam Leontus was born in 1928 in Anse-a-Galets, on the island of Gonave, in the Bay of Port-au-Prince. Like most Haitian top art painters he started with painting the temples with voodoo depictions. Before his artistic paintings were able to bring ... |
Andre Pierre, Haitian ArtistAndre Pierre was born at around 1915 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This artist had some passion for art since his days as a child. In fact he did his first voodoo painting while he was very young. During his childhood painting Andre was faced with the ... |
Dieuseul Paul, Haitian ArtistDieuseul Paul was born in 1952 in Damiens, Haiti. Though Paul started painting in 1974, he was one of the five members who started Saint-Soleil school of art in Haiti in 1973. He was a Voodoo painter, whose painting was a vocation. The spirit revea... |
Madsen Mompremier, Haitian ArtistMadsen Mompremier was born on August 12, 1952 in Gonaives, Haiti. He was married to Erzulien, a community worker who later became an artist. He studied how to paint at Gerard Valcin and started painting at the age of 21 years. He formerly painted j... |
Robert Saint Brice, Haitian ArtistRobert Saint Brice was born in the 1893 in Petionville, a Haitian city. He was raised by Maitre Turnbull, a famous member of the Episcopal Church. He however deviated from this path of this man to become a voodoo priest. Voodoo had a major influenc... |
Sylvaince Jean-Paul, Haitian ArtistSylvaince Jean-Paul is an upcoming impressionist. This artist is also a student of Didier Civil. Most of his impressions are diverse and are not based on a particular topic. Being Haitian, he believes in voodoo gods, which is in line with a paint... |
Agwe, the spirit of the waterAgwe is the spirit of water in simple word. Agwe draws the interest of the people who particularly have a routine habit of going to seas for their day to day work such as the fishermen. The symbol actually represents or resembles to that of a boat.... |
Ayida Wedo, the spirit of fertilityAyida Wedo is referred to as the spirit of fertility, the spirit of the rainbows and also the spirit of the snakes. Ayida Wedo is the wife or she is the companion of the father figure of all the spirits that we commonly come across during the ... |
Azacca, the spirit of the agricultureAzacca is the lwa or the spirit of the agriculture and the farming practices. But Azacca is better known as the younger brother of the Ghede. It is due to this reason that people of Haiti believe that Ghede normally comes to the ceremonies where Az... |
Baron Samedi, the spirit of deathBaron Samedi is referred to as the spirit of death. Baron Samedi can be compared to Papa Legba as he is also known as the guardian or parent who guards the crossroads. Crossroads refer to a place through the boundaries if which the spirits come int... |
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