Description
Grande Erzulie Phréda Haitian Vodou Flag Glass Beads on Viscose Fabric Artist: C.D. (Clerville) Handmade in Haiti Intended as Wall Decor 19.50" X 16.50" Intended as wall decor Colorful exquisite hand-made Vodou flag. This Grande Erzulie Phréda measures 19.50" high by 16.50" 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 10k-20k 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: spirit of love, sensuality, & beauty; the epitome of feminine beauty; her realm is water. Grande Erzulie Phréda has tremendous power & is feared as much as she is loved. Also, she has several different roles: goddess of the word, love, help, goodwill, health, beauty & fortune, as well as goddess of jealousy, vengeance, & discord. She is usually known as a serpent that coiled upon itself lives on water & bananas. Vodou has a most special place for Erzulie, the loa of beauty, the loa who is so uniquely human since she is the differentiating force between human & all other creation. She is the ability to conceptualize, the ability to dream, the artistic ability to create. She is the loa of ideality. She is the female prototype of vodou who represents the moon. She is the most beautiful & sensuous lady in the vodou pantheon. She is respected & wealthy; wears her hair long; is very jealous & requires her lovers to dedicate a room for her ritual lovemaking. Grande Erzulie Phréda Haitian Vodou/Voodoo Flag
