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A mother and child in Ville Bonheour, Haiti

MARKOSIAN, Diana

A mother and child in Ville Bonheour, Haiti
Image: © Diana Markosian/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Haiti’s national religion, Vodou, combines native traditions, African religious practices and elements of Catholicism. Ezili Dantò, the vodou Iwa (or spirit) of motherhood is often aligned with the Virgin Mary. In 1849, it is said that she appeared at Saut d’Eau, the island’s tallest waterfall, depicted in this photograph. Devotees journey to the falls every year to bathe under the sacred water in the hope of evoking the protection of the Iwa. Part of her series Virgin Mary, Diana Markosian captures the essence of divine feminine worship in an intimate portrait of mother and child beneath the purifying water.

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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 55152

Creation/Production

MARKOSIAN, Diana
Date: 2016

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Techniques

Archival pigment print on paper

Material

Photographic paper

Location

In store
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  • Art And Design Movements
  • Baby
  • Childhood
  • Communities And Society
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  • Diana Markosian
  • Female Nude
  • Fine Art
  • Landscape Features
  • People
  • Photograph
  • Religion And Belief
  • Religion And Belief
  • The Virgin Mary
  • Waterfall
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