To serve the gods

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 co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lowenthal, Ira P.
Other Authors: Kramer, Karen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Watertown (Mass.) Documentary Educational Resources (DER) 1982, 1982
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 1
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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