Haitians begin two-day celebration of Fet Gede, the Day of the Dead скачать в хорошем качестве

Haitians begin two-day celebration of Fet Gede, the Day of the Dead

(1 Nov 2010) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of Port-au-Prince cemetery 2. Mid of people arriving at cemetery 3. Close of candles 4. Various of food offered to the dead 5. Wide of crowd 6. Mid of woman touching cross, push in 7. Mid of woman dancing 8. Mid of woman pouring drinks as offering to dead 9. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Victor Nanatte, Voodoo practitioner: "All the dead are now reunited under the ground to celebrate together and to pray for good things for us to survive and also to tell the last group of people who died during the earthquake to continue watching us." 10. Close of man in trance-like state 11. Various of man dancing and offering food and drink to dead 12. Various of dancing STORYLINE Haitians began the two-day celebration of Fet Gede, the days of the dead, with graveside ceremonies and invocations of Voodoo spirits. This is the first "Gede" since the January 12 earthquake that killed an estimated 230-thousand to 300-thousand people. The ceremonies are taking place at a time of a cholera epidemic that has claimed more than 330 lives and as the country braces itself for a possible direct strike from Hurricane Tomas. "All the dead are now reunited under the ground to celebrate together and to pray for good things for us to survive and also to tell the last group of people who died during the earthquake to continue watching us," said Voodoo practitioner, Victor Nanatte. In Haiti, two thirds of the country's eight (m) million people are said to practice Voodoo. For many years, this kind of ritual was condemned as devil worship by established Catholic and Protestant churches in the country. But Voodoo's growing popularity prompted the Haitian government in 2003 to sanction it as a religion, allowing priests to legally perform baptisms and marriages. Sunday's ceremony was an invitation to the spirits to come forward and show themselves. Candles, rum and dancing to drums are considered key components of the ritual. Voodoo affirms that honouring the dead on days such as these is a way of healing and protecting the living, for the good of families in the community. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...