24589: Educa (reply) Re: 24582: Douglas: zenglendo, zobop, vlenbengdeng, bizango

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Try the book by
Marie Jose Alcide Saint Lot, Ph.D.
*Vodou a Sacred Theatre, The African Heritage in Haiti*.
By Marie-José Alcide Saint-Lot, Ph.D
2003; ISBN: 1-58432-177-6; Catalog No B 203;

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This books focuses on the relationship between Vodou and theatre, a 
subject on which very limited research has been done. The objective is 
to demonstrate that Vodou, like some other rituals, encompasses 
theatrical and dramatic elements, which give it the character of a 
sacred theatre. Theatrical and dramatic elements are analyzed basically 
according to Aristotelian criteria. The research reveals that Vodou 
contains eight major theatrical elements: impersonation, mise-en-scene, 
audience, chorus, music, dance, scenery, costume, and four dramatic 
elements: plot, character, thought, diction. These theatrical and 
dramatic elements make Vodou a potential model for a secular indigenous 
theatre in Haiti. The work is divided into six chapters: The 
introduction explains the need for the thesis and its significance; the 
second chapter, the historical background, sheds light on the evolution 
of Vodou in Haiti, the third chapter, ritual and theatre, demonstrates 
the relationship between ritual and theatre in other parts of the world 
and describes the criteria of drama as perceived by Aristotle; the 
fourth chapter analyzes the theatrical elements of Vodou, the fifth, the 
dramatic elements of Vodou; and the last chapter, the conclusion, 
summarizes the findings and shows how the secular theatre can utilize 
the theatrical and dramatic elements discovered in Vodou. The book 
provides a solid framework to fit Vodou as starting from Africa 
progressing to the island setup in Saint-Domingue where an economy based 
on slavery was intertwined with a maroon based social setting.

In a message dated 3/29/2005 11:35:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
sak-pase@bimini.ws writes:

   douglasrachel@yahoo.co.uk


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