Wilfrid Daleus (1949-2017), Voodoo vigil in a peristyle, 1988. Painting on canvas. On the floor, symbols traced with maize flour (vèvès) are used to call the divinities (loas), provided they are activated by libations of alcohol, candles and congo packets. Seated on low chairs or kneeling, the initiates (whose clothing is coloured according to their degree of spiritual elevation and the tradition they have adopted) recite the ritual songs. musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, photo Patrick Gries.

Wilfrid Daleus (1949-2017), Voodoo vigil in a peristyle, 1988. Painting on canvas.
On the ground, symbols traced with maize flour (vèvès) are used to summon the divinities (loas), provided that they are
activated by libations of alcohol, candles and congo packets. Seated on low chairs or kneeling, the initiates (whose
the colour of their clothes is related to their degree of spiritual elevation and to the current
of adopted tradition) recite the ritual songs.
musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, photo Patrick Gries.