Estaïlove ST-VAL

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Lakou souvnans sanctuary voodoo
Location: Port-au-Prince
Nationality: Haitian
Biography: BIOGRAPHY of  Estaïlove  ST-VAL Estaïlove ST-VAL was born in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) and raised in the town of Cul-de-Sac de la plaine. In 2001, he reached Port-au-Prince for his secondary cycle of studies at the Lycée... MORE
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Lakou souvnans sanctuary voodoo
Copyright Estaïlove ST-VAL 2023
Date of Work Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Updated Apr 2017
Location gonaïves
Topics Celebrations, Community, Documentary, Photography, Photojournalism, voodoo
Lakou Souvenance is a Voodoo sanctuary that organizes religiously each year its rituals. Lakou Souvenance is also considered, alongside Soukri and Badjo, as one of the oldest cultural and historical heritage of the country. Since 1815, every year during the Easter period a voodoo ceremony is held at "Lakou Souvenance" which is located eleven kilometers north of Gonaïves. Haitians come from all over to celebrate these voodoo rites, which sometimes last several weeks in the Artibonite department.
Lakou Souvenance est un sanctuaire vodou qui organise, chaque année religieusement, ses rituels. Lakou Souvenance est considéré, aux cotés de Soukri et Badjo, comme l'un des patrimoines historiques et culturels les plus anciens du pays.
Depuis 1815, chaque année durant la periode pascale une ceremonie vodou est organisée au "Lakou Souvenance" situé à onze kilomètres au Nord des Gonaïves. Des Haïtiennes et Haïtiens viennent de partout pour célébrer ces rites vodou, qui durent parfois plusieurs semaines dans le departement de l'artibonite
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