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White Bath Painting
Belize
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 30 W x 24 H x 1 D in
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About The Artwork
Our Garifuna ancestors were very spiritual minded people. We highly revere our dearly departed. When a deceased is dreamt asking for a bath, after one year this ceremony is performed. A newmoon is designated then on that early morning prayers are ricited by participating family members where fresh desired clothes are selected and hung in a chosen room in the house. A fire is assembled outside and lit, a rectangular hole is dug, three buckets are prepared: one out of cassava which makes the water white, the second with special herbs that turns the water green and a third clean water plus one white candle is lit then placed at the head of the hole inside a four square hung white bed sheets for cover. Only the first time after death the "White Bath" is performed. Any other occasion it's normaly a herbal and a clear water rense buckets are used.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:30 W x 24 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Belize
I'm an indigenous, Garifuna, cultural artist from Belize. My intention is to entertain and educate through art. Although my undergraduate degree is in Game Art Design (3D), I minored in Fine Art so my body of work also includes pencil, watercolor, acrylic and oil. My pieces consists of current affairs, historical events, firsthand witness of my childhood observations, dreams, also there are a few paintings inspired by knowledgeable elders based on their experiences and passed oral accounts. Other aspects of my work touch on the social, political and spiritual components of my Garifuna heritage. However, since there is another distinct black culture in Belize known as Creole that makes up the population, we also have the original Mayans, Mestiso, East Indians, middle Easterners and Asians whose lifestyles I try to cover as well.
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