Containing the Sacred – Body and Stone

2024, 2-channel, sound, 10 min

Containing the Sacred – Body and Stone underscores how local communities preserve and honor their landscapes through ritual connections. The Cave of Our Lady of Calvary, located on uniquely shaped rocks, is a destination for pilgrimages and retreats. Believers scrape the rocks and collect the sand, which has become a fine powder, in a leaf. With this powder, they draw crosses on their bodies, believing it protects them from evil. This ritual was filmed in Techiman, in the Bono East region of Ghana.