Thursday, November 4, 2010

Black Gods - photographs by Daniel Lainé













1. Initiated on a bed of leaves during the journey to the land of the dead to meet the Bwiti ancestors - Libreville region, Gabon.

2. The Sorceress - Lagos, Nigeria.

3. Hogon, the priest of Lébé - Bandiagara, Mali.

4. Baluba boy with pearls (each pearl representing a member of his family) - Democratic Republic of Congo.

5. Griot playing balafon - Gambia.

6. The Eze Izombe (The priest that sees the spirit of the dead) - Amakpu, Imo, Nigeria.

7. A masked healer - Ivory Coast.

8. Gadget of the voodoo ritual - Togo.

9. This woman must not leave the rope that binds her to the gods, to not reveal the secrets that protect the voodoo - Kumasi, Ghana.

10. The child sorcerer of Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo.

11. Bwiti adept. He can talk with deads by eating the sacred plant called "Iboga". - Gabon.

12. Woman possessed by Legba, the protector of villages and roads - Lomé, Togo.
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5 comments:

  1. JanasNovember 4, 2010 at 12:31 AM

    Scans source: Daniel Lainé - Dieux noirs. Arthaud, 2007.

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  2. øשlqædaNovember 4, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    utterly awesome

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  3. JanasNovember 6, 2010 at 12:09 AM

    Thanks for the comment, Owl.

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  4. Sun IraNovember 17, 2011 at 5:08 AM

    These are striking and moving beyond my ability to describe. To me, they seem beautiful and mysterious.

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  5. JanasNovember 19, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    I'm glad you like these photos.
    Greetings,
    Janas.

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