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Kids in the Courtyard: Vévé
Vévés are ritual ground drawings used in Haitian Vodou. They are meant to be impermanent, and symbolize the lwa or spirit being honored during a ceremony or celebration. Come discover the vévé symbols on the floor in the corners of the exhibition Fowler in Focus: Art and the Unbreakable Spirit of Haiti, then use colored chalk to embellish the Fowler courtyard with vévé-inspired symmetrical drawings and calligrams (shape poems).
http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/events/kids-courtyard-v%C3%A9v%C3%A9
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