Rituals
Title: Rityel or Rituals
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
Rityel is a vivid still life that pays tribute to the layered rhythms of Haitian identity, both sacred and celebratory. At its center is a bottle of Haitian rum, a lit candle, and enamel mugs. Each a familiar fixture in spiritual rituals and ancestral offerings. A vibrant red-and-black-wrapped chacha, a traditional percussive instrument, evokes the pulse of Rara and Carnival season, when sound, spirit, and movement become one. The composition invites the viewer to reflect on how everyday objects carry the dual weight of devotion and joy in Haitian culture, where music is memory, rum is reverence, and light is a call to presence.
Title: Rityel or Rituals
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
Rityel is a vivid still life that pays tribute to the layered rhythms of Haitian identity, both sacred and celebratory. At its center is a bottle of Haitian rum, a lit candle, and enamel mugs. Each a familiar fixture in spiritual rituals and ancestral offerings. A vibrant red-and-black-wrapped chacha, a traditional percussive instrument, evokes the pulse of Rara and Carnival season, when sound, spirit, and movement become one. The composition invites the viewer to reflect on how everyday objects carry the dual weight of devotion and joy in Haitian culture, where music is memory, rum is reverence, and light is a call to presence.
Title: Rityel or Rituals
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
Rityel is a vivid still life that pays tribute to the layered rhythms of Haitian identity, both sacred and celebratory. At its center is a bottle of Haitian rum, a lit candle, and enamel mugs. Each a familiar fixture in spiritual rituals and ancestral offerings. A vibrant red-and-black-wrapped chacha, a traditional percussive instrument, evokes the pulse of Rara and Carnival season, when sound, spirit, and movement become one. The composition invites the viewer to reflect on how everyday objects carry the dual weight of devotion and joy in Haitian culture, where music is memory, rum is reverence, and light is a call to presence.