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Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti*
- 1977 ----- b & w ----- 50 min ----- 16mm/vhs
- Deals with the rituals of the Rada, Petro and Congo cults of Haiti, whose origins stem from Africa. The devotees serve the cosmic powers by means of prayer, offerings, song and dance. Introduces a pantheon of spirits who communicate to the worshipper all life wisdom. The direct manifestation, or communication, is through spirit "possession" as the spirit enters and rides a person as a "Divine Horseman." Filmed between 1947-1951 by Maya Deren, after she had been initiated into the religion as a priestess and edited posthumously by Teiji Ito and Cherel Ito. (Restricted to use by institutions of Higher Education in Washington state only)
- Topics: (Anthropology: Cultural, Ethnomusicology, Religions)
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