A goat inspects flowers on a sculpture of Baron Samedi and Gede during a ceremony honoring the Haitian Vodou spirit at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 1 2021. Followers of Vodou join the Fete Gede celebration of the spirits, equivalent to the Roman Catholic festivity of the Day of the Dead and All Saints Day. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A person rests inside a crypt at the National Cemetery on the Fete Gede celebration of spirits holiday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 1 2021. The celebration of the spirits is equivalent to the Roman Catholic festivity of the Day of the Dead and All Saints Day. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A skull sits on the ground as part of an altar during ceremoies honoring the Haitian Vodou spirit of Baron Samedi and Gede at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 1 2021. Followers of Vodou join the Fete Gede celebration of the spirits, equivalent to the Roman Catholic festivity of the Day of the Dead and All Saints Day. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A person believed to be possessed with the Gede spirit shouts during a ceremony honoring the Haitian Vodou spirit of Baron Samedi and Gede at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 1 2021. Followers of Vodou join the Fete Gede celebration of the spirits, equivalent to the Roman Catholic festivity of the Day of the Dead and All Saints Day. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Voodoo pilgrims bathe in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers during an annual celebration in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Friday July 16, 2021. The annual pilgrimage is made in honor of Haiti's most celebrated patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who is supposed to have appeared on a palm tree in 1847 in the Palm Grove in Saut d'Eau and was integrated into Haiti's voodoo culture as the goddess of love. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Children wait to attend a Mass marking the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at the Mount Carmel Church in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Friday, July 16, 2021. An annual pilgrimage is made in honor of Haiti's most celebrated patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who is supposed to have appeared on a palm tree in 1847 in the Palm Grove in Saut d'Eau and was integrated into Haiti's voodoo culture as the goddess of love. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People wait to attend a Mass marking the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at the Mount Carmel Church in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Friday, July 16, 2021. An annual pilgrimage is made in honor of Haiti's most celebrated patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who is supposed to have appeared on a palm tree in 1847 in the Palm Grove in Saut d'Eau and was integrated into Haiti's voodoo culture as the goddess of love. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A voodoo pilgrim bathes in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers during an annual celebration in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Friday July 16, 2021. The annual pilgrimage is made in honor of Haiti's most celebrated patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who is supposed to have appeared on a palm tree in 1847 in the Palm Grove in Saut d'Eau and was integrated into Haiti's voodoo culture as the goddess of love. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Voodoo pilgrims place their hands on an image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, before the start of a Mass marking the virgin's feast day at the Mount Carmel Church in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Friday, July 16, 2021. The annual pilgrimage is made in honor of Haiti's most celebrated patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who is supposed to have appeared on a palm tree in 1847 in the Palm Grove in Saut d'Eau and was integrated into Haiti's voodoo culture as the goddess of love. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
“Ceremonia vudú en Haití”
El Fet Gede es un ritual religioso de origen vudú en el que los participantes salen a la calle vestidos de rojo y negro y caminan hasta el cementerio para participar en un rito en el que ofrendan café, pan, maíz o ron al pie de las cruces. Todos van en procesión hasta el cementerio principal con el fin de despertar a los espíritus malignos y honrar al guardián de los muertos.
Durante el Fet Gede todos honran al dios de la muerte, Barón Somedi, y a su hijo Gede. La gente baila y canta mientras va limpiando las tumbas y las adornan.
Seguidores del vudú se unen a la celebración, equivalente a la festividad católica romana del Día de los Muertos y el Día de Todos los Santos.
“Voodoo Ceremony in Haiti”
Fet Gede is a religious ritual of originating from Voodoo in which participants take to the streets wearing red and black and walk to the cemetery to participate in a rite in which they make offerings of coffee, bread, corn or rum at the foot of the crosses. They all march to the main cemetery with the purpose of awakening the bad spirits and honor the guardian of the dead.
During Fet Gede, everyone honors the god of the dead, Barón Somedi, and his son Gede. People dance and sing while cleaning and decorating the tombs.
Voodoo followers join in celebration, equivalent to the Roman Catholic festival of the Day of the Dead and All Saints Day.
Fotógrafo independiente, con más de diez años de experiencia trabajando para medios como Movistar Arena, Terra Network, Agencia Uno, El Mercurio, Aton Chile, The Associated Press (AP), Reuters, Getty Images y Agence France-Presse (AFP). Colaborador en el Australian Open 2016 en Melbourne. Actualmente trabaja como stringer para Agence France-Presse en Venezuela.
An independent photographer, Matias has over 10 years’ experience working for media like Movistar Arena, Terra Network, Agencia Uno, El Mercurio, Aton Chile, The Associated Press (AP), Reuters, Getty Images, and Agence France-Presse (AFP). He was a collaborator on the 2016 Australian Open in Melbourne. Currently, he works as stringer for Agence France-Presse in Venezuela.
