| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 33 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1982. |
| Summary |
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 community in southern Haiti, on family land, where relatives have gathered to propitiate gods inherited by their ancestors. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Haitian. |
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Religion. |
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Religious beliefs. |
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Religious rites and ceremonies. |
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Voodooism. |
| Added Author |
Kramer, Karen, author, film director.
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Lowenthal, Ira, author.
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Genke, John, narrator.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| In: |
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1982 |
| Music No. |
1116097 Kanopy |
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