Funérailles Vodou : La journée ofter l'enterrement , crânes humains ont été retrouvé abandonné près de l'endroit où la cérémonie a eu lieu. La police haïtienne a signalé que les crânes ont été soupçonnés d'être liés au Vodou et connecté à des événements de la nuit précédente, une fois de plus à une tentative d'endommager la réputation du vodou. Ce genre d'accusation est la raison pour laquelle la communauté Vodouist a peur d'exposer leurs convictions ouvertement et pourquoi ils ont eu l'rassemblements clandestins, dans le passé. Les allégations d'une criminalité liée à Vodou ont depuis été supprimée.

• Contributeur: Christina Simons / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: PAWX4K
• Taille du fichier: 17,2 MB (847,2 KB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3008 x 2000 px | 25,5 x 16,9 cm | 10 x 6,7 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 28 mars 2006
• Lieu: Port au Prince, Haiti

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Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

I rang my driver, Sergo, on my first day in Haiti and asked him if he was available and still keen to help me. He said he’d be happy to, “but I can’t today. My friend was killed last night and I have to go to the police station to give a character statement.” Sergo’s friend, Abeille, was on the roof of his house late that night fixing his TV aerial when his neighbor, also an adversary, thought he was a burglar. The neighbor, called out to ask who it was. “It’s only me, Abeille.” Bang! The gun was fired and Abeille was shot square between the eyes. Further to speculation of the political difference between the two men, there is also the undeniable reality that in order to shoot someone between the eyes one needs to see the face. This would constitute Abeille's death as a murder. Abeille’s killer was released from prison on bail for $20, 000. Abeille's friends and family wanted justice, so his funeral would be the first public Vodou funeral of its kind. Contrary to rural areas the religion of Vodou (Haitian spelling) in Port au Prince, has always been practiced behind closed doors due to the intense pressure from strong Christian missionary bodies and governmental influences. This tragedy is a strong representation of a country not only touched by loss, but by violence and murder on a daily basis, in a way we in the West can hardly imagine.

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