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Haiti's Goudougoudou
mwenpafou
Posted 2010-11-04 12:59:21

 

In Haiti, the earthquake is often described by the popular term “goudougoudou.” It’s a word that resonates: You don’t just speak the word “goudougoudou” – you have to wave your hands around when you say it, just as Francis from L’Arche Beloeil demonstrates in his video appeal for solidarity with Haiti.

How do we know that time crosses through life the way a river crosses a forest? Silently and gently? Because we can see people walking on sidewalks. There where four, three, two months earlier, people did not dare to walk, the urban landscape ...
 
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