VOA慢速英语 海洋精灵Mami Wata的多面性

　　One of the first works in this exhibit was made in the nineteen fifties by the Ovimbundu people of Angola. This expressive wooden sculpture is of a woman with a lower body like a fish. The woman raises her left hand as though she wants to tell you something.

　　Nearby, a sculpture from the same period by an artist in Nigeria shows a woman holding a snake in her hands. Another snake wraps around her body. This sculpture was probably the center of a religious offering table.

　　There is also a wooden headpiece worn in water spirit ceremonies by people in Guinea-Bissau. It is shaped like a huge shark fin. It is cut with forms of colorful sea creatures swimming with humans.

　　African slaves who settled in the Caribbean and South America brought with them beliefs linked to Mami Wata. These beliefs grew into other traditions. In Haiti, she is known as Roudy Azor's version of Lasirene . Her influence can be seen in a shiny flag by the Haitian artist Roudy Azor. It shows three women sharing one fish tail body.

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