Manbo Katy (mahn-bow kay-tee)
healer & priestess
IMAGE SOURCE: Photo by Stephanie Mei-Ling in Antonia Blumberg, “Inside The Life Of A Vodou Priestess Bringing Healing To Haiti.” Huff Post. 28 Apr. 2016. | TEXT SOURCE: “Meet the Vodou Priestess Summoning Healing Spirits in Post-Earthquake Haiti.” Dir. Lucy Walker. Broadly Documentary Video. YouTube. 26 Apr. 2016.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “In the years since the 2010 Haiti earthquake, which displaced more than a million people, the priestess has worked to bring both spiritual and physical healing to her community, while carrying on the centuries-old tradition of Vodou worship.”
QUOTE QUESTION: How did your ancestors come to the land where you live?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “Manbo Katy is a second-generation Vodou healer.”
IMAGE QUESTION: What conditions are required to enable the spirit to rise within you?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from an online video and the photo is from a blog post.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide whether or not to spread the words and images of your People online?
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