The objective fof C.E.C.I.L.E. (International Cultural Centre Art Education Experience) and Malaki ma Kongo Haiti is to promote the culture of the black continent around the world and make art and culture in service of development. In Haiti, we are working on the cultural roots, trying to help the poorest and most vulnerable people in our development projects, which are based on our traditional roots: voodoo culture.
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Presentation of Elien Isac
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Elien Isaac, son of Papa Loko, was born on 1 May 1965 in Croix-des-Bouquets in Haiti father and mother Hougan (master of the traditional religion of Haiti). Did not escape the rule, very early, at age 14, he is also introduced to the traditional art of his own. It is therefore Hougan healer and priest of the voodoo religion.
In Haiti, as in all African societies, Hougan provides an intermediary between the gods men not to speak of the forces of nature. Elien Isac, naturalist, herbalist of gasoline, it is also a man of open mind who is also interested to know other religions and sects which it believes are the manifestation of God or forces of nature on earth .
In November 2002, he will meet Malaki ma Kongo, another force of nature, from the East Atlantic, working on the roots of African culture. Hougan Elien Isac take to heart the message of Malaki ma Kongo: “to tell small our little son’s son that the parents of our parents lived.” Since he founded in Haiti a branch of Malaki ma Kongo, called International Cultural Education Center The Art Experience (CECILE) and Malaki Ma Kongo CECILE is the name of a slave named Cecile Fatiman which marked its presence at the ceremony of Bois Caїman August 14, 1791, the cornerstone of the revolution in Haiti.
CECILE center, recognized by the Ministry of Culture in November 2005, aims to promote the spirit of Haitian culture around the world to explain to young son of our little son that the parents of our parents lived there. The center has already made cultural exchanges with other countries. Groups, both abroad and in CECILE and Malaki Ma Kongo. The center contains several cells: Folk Dance, Cornet, Theatre, Drum, Painting ……. So C.E.C.I.L.E. Malaki Ma Kongo (Haiti) were created to know the customs and traditions of our ancestors to honor ancestral spirits by drumming, traditional songs, pictures, a collective awareness and supporting sustainable development activities in Haiti. Thus was born C.O.A.B. (Cecile support organizations Beautiful Fountain) to help young people, children and poor farmers living in Belle-Fontaine is located about 10 hours of walking on a gravel path with mountains rising to 3000 m.
With the road damage caused by recent hurricanes, people are dying of aids since the end of the UN can not. The socio-economic level is low. Schools and health centers are non-existent state. Only houngans support the lives of men women and children in Belle Fontaine. In the NGO C.O.A.B. (Cecile support organizations Belle Fontaine) we have almost 150 young people, to whom we have been providing free classes (Folk Dance, Cornet, Theatre, Drum, Painting) without help from anyone, we are open to anyone who wants support us. Elien Isaac who is fluent in French, English, Spanish and Creole, he was selected by the Department of Radio Planet Kreyòl to animate every Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 to 8:00 AM the show kilt Kreyòl (Creole culture) . During this show for the voodoo, we talk about culture in general, protection of the environment, cases of society but also how to heal with the leaves, bark and roots of trees.
Presentation of artworks by Elien ISAC - paintings to chase away evil spirits
