Smithsonian Folklife Festival - 2004

IntroMaritimeHaitiLatino Music

Site for Jen Hitt and Participants
Site designed by Design Desk • Photos by Bobbi Clements

Eriste Dumersier, a master potter, constructs everyday items such as plates, vases, bricks and vodou ritual ware.

Tidier Levoyant follows the tradition begun by Mathurin Gousse, creating papier-mâché gargoyle-like animals, for Jacmel’s Carnival.

Louis Jean Chéry sculpts in soapstone using white and grey stones found in the local river to carve statues of animals, angels, and hearts.

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