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Life of Gwada
How many subjects, bodies, faces, landscapes, situations I missed during my seven days in Guadeloupe. How many of them I tried to capture while driving around with the friends of Île du Monde on the whirling roads of Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre. Time’s up, looking forward for my return to you, Gwada. Many thanks to Josè, Stephanie, Daniel and his family for the exciting atmosphere during our stay on Guadeloupe.
Pedestrian crossing in Sainte-Rose
Street life in Pointe-à-Pitre
Our hats of Mare Gailard
Back from shopping in Beaumanoir
Funeral dress code in Staine-Anne
Running kid in Pointe-à-Pitre
Final thanks to the tree-frogs at 16°14’28.1″N 61°24’35.4″W – very welcome background music for my tropical nights.
Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
7. In need of protection
8. So lonely
9. Once we were
10. Caribbean grace
11. Resurrection will come
12. Art insurrection
13. Life of Gwada
Art insurrection
Funerary art, wall art, urban art. Every color gradient fits wall cracks, houses , graves. Sometimes, reality bends with fantasy in Guadeloupe
Rastafari ka players painted in Sainte-Anne
Giant house-graffiti in Pointe-à-Pitre
Kid in the box, Pointe-à-Pitre
At the bus stop, painted or real? in Saint-Anne
Exquisite black and white in Sainte-Anne cemetery
Big eyes of Pointe-à-Pitre
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Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
7. In need of protection
8. So lonely
9. Once we were
10. Caribbean grace
11. Resurrection will come
Resurrection will come
The East side of Pointe-à-Pitre likely had a gorgeous past. Unluckily, grants are not sufficient today for the recover and renovation of its French colonial style. In the meantime, colorful design and graffiti decorate almost every wall of the city, up to the red-light district. Waiting for a new Renaissance.
Artistic decoration of rusty fences in Pointe-à-Pitre
[..]The department of Guad[..]executes[..]enovation of the equip[..], Pointe-à-Pitre
Work in progress in Pointe-à-Pitre
Grave graveyard in Saint-François cemetery
Old and new at Pointe-à-Pitre harbor front
Scary house in the red-light district of Pointe-à-Pitre
Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
7. In need of protection
8. So lonely
9. Once we were
10. Caribbean grace
Caribbean grace
Guadeloupe is music. Drums (ka) made of wood, plastic barrels, scrap parts; and lambi shells blown in the wind. Played in parks, at funerals, on graves and rooftops. The father of Gwo-ka (ka music) is Marcel Lollia, aka Vèlo from Pointe-à-Pitre: his statue is in the city center. Guadeloupe is also Indian music from the Nadron cerimonies and Cuban music, often played in Gwada dance clubs.
Monument to Marcel Lollia (Vélo), master of ka (drums) playing, Pointe-à-Pitre
Indian cultural week, Sainte-Anne
Ka players at a funeral, playing on the graves of the cemetery of Sainte-Anne
When a picture is not enough, play the movie and feel ka played on the rooftops of Saint-Anne cemetery graves
Ka players and dancer, Sainte-Anne
Drummers, Indian week festival in Saint-Anne
Dancing club in Sainte-Rose
When a picture is not enough, play the movie and feel Cuba in Guadeloupe
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Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
7. In need of protection
8. So lonely
9. Once we were
Once we were
Past present, present past. Every house, shell, statue reminds the history of Guadeloupe. Either houses or busts of Victor Schœlcher, the French slavery abolitionist. Or lambi shells decorating the graves of fishermen and poor people, when even bath tiles are too expensive.
House renovation, Pointe-à-Pitre
Boat spare parts, harbor of Saint-François
Priest and graves at Sainte-Anne cemetery
Barred house, Sainte-Anne
Lambi shells decorate the graves of poor people at the cemetery of Saint-François
The French slavery abolitionist Victor Schœlcher, Sainte-Anne
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6. I had a dream
7. In need of protection
8. So lonely
So lonely
Lost in the cemetery of Saint-Anne. Wandering in the statue-less Place de la Victoire (stage to a guillotine during the French revolution) or staring at the burned down houses of Point-à-Pitre. On the busy motorways from Grande-Terre to Basse-Terre. Or just watching the sunset from Saint-François harbor. Moments of loneliness.
Place de la Victoire, Pointe-à-Pitre
Cemetery of Sainte-Anne
Fishermen at the harbor, Saint-François
(one of) burned house in downtown, Pointe-à-Pitre,
Reseller (of ?), motorway towards Sainte-Rose
Solo love, graffiti, Pointe-à-Pitre
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1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
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4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
7. In need of protection
In need of protection
Protection for human rights, bio-diversity, history and tradition. Protection is a word with several meanings in Guadeloupe. A recent history of blood shed to fight slavery and of worker immigration from all over the world, well documented in the museum Memorial ACTe, is at the base of Gwada modern society.
Entrance to the red-light district, Pointe-à-Pitre
The Memorial ACTe, part of UNESCO’s Slave Route Project, Pointe-à-Pitre
Sunny umbrellas of Pointe-à-Pitre
A vanilla plant climbing an incense tree in the jungle of Sainte-Rose
Vanilla plants, incense trees, termite nest, singing cicadas… the delicate network of a tropical jungle
Waiting for the bus at Morne-à-l’Eau
The Cathedral Saint Pierre et Saint Paul , Pointe-à-Pitre
Coconut shop on the motorway, Les Abymes,
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Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
