Description
Maraça Vévé Haitian Vodou Flag Glass Beads on Viscose Fabric Handmade in Haiti Intended as Wall Decor Artist: C.D. (Clerville) 23.50" X 20" The flag is extremely densely beaded (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant & Simeon. Colorful exquisite hand-made Vodou flag. This Maraça Vévé Flag measures 23.50" high by 20" wide. Haitian Vodou flags shimmer with glass beads & reflected light. They dazzled in color & imagery & have become popular commodities in the international art market. This flag has 20k-28k of glass beads. Vodou flags is an art-form unique to Haiti. Constructed of glass beads hand-sewn onto viscose fabric, one by one to form the image desired. Inspired by myths, legends & unique personal visions, the Haitian flags incorporate ritual drawings, Masonic symbols, saints, pictures of mermaids & more. Vévé: Maraça sacred twins (always shown together); protectors of children & fertility; associated with medicine; sometimes shown as the triplets Marasa Twa. They are children, but more ancient than any other loa. "Love, truth & justice. Directed by reason. Mysteries of liaison between earth & heaven & they personify astronomic-astrological learning. Maraça, Twins who died in their early childhood & are innocent & capricious. They are thought to be orphans with no discipline in terms of good eating habits. They eat from twin plates & they eat all of what they are offered at once, always coming very hungry to the ceremonies. They must be fed until they are content & then they will listen to the people. They have a reputation for doing harm to those who have forgotten to provide food or who have not kept their promises, but also refuse to take responsibility for any wrong doing or illnesses. Maraça Vévé Haitian Vodou/Voodoo Flag
