Rites funéraires vaudou

Description

In Haiti, voodoo is the last link between deported slaves and their diverse origins. It is also the banner of unity and the drums of revolt, where the fervour of struggle takes precedence over diversity of origins.

Practising voodoo is above all about honouring the loas and one's ancestors, and respecting one's culture.

Voodoo funeral rites are extremely codified, dealing with the body to allow the soul to migrate or the spirit to travel underwater.

Through their richness and complexity, these religious rites do not mark the end of life but transcend its outcome. They are about organising and celebrating the return from exile to the Land of the Ancestors, beyond the seas, where the roots of the mapou, the resting place of the loas, vibrate, their infinite roots crossing the sea.