"Beneath the Kalbas tree a wooden staff to hang a lamp is planted firmly in the earth. It’s a significant tree. Grand, with big, round green gourd-like fruits hanging from its branches. It’s said to have the power to summon Spirit.
The Louis family lives outside of the small town of Mirebalais in the Central Plateau of Haiti. Across the river Fer a Cheval in Ledier. Sergo, 35, lives with his wife Guerline, 27, and their three children: Diego “Peterson,” 13, Sterline, 11, and Djoulie, 3. He had moved to Mirebalais years before from Cap-Haïtien, once the capital of Haiti, now a faded, colorful port city in the North. His sister had told him of a beautiful girl who lived on the outskirts of town. Guerline was just 14 when they met.
The father of Guerline, Jean-Bois Dubessier, is a farmer that owns a few rice fields, and the community Vodou priest. Twice a year the family gathers beneath the Kalbas tree to honor Simbi, the spirit that has always worked closely with Jean-Bois and the Dubessier family, serves Rasin Ginen, either protecting or bringing misfortune upon the family."
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The Marasa's Dance Beneath Kalbas
Beneath the Kalbas tree a wooden staff to hang a lamp is planted firmly in the earth. It's a significant tree. Grand, with big, round green gourd-like fruits hanging from its branches. It’s said to have the power to summon Spirit