Thursday, May 19, 2011

Mermaids: On Stranger Tides



I am so proud Jamaican Sanya Hughes plays a mermaid in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 4, See photo of mermaid cast below.
To the left a a mermaid with weapons -shield and sword yielding mermaid is on the coat of arms for Warsaw.  Above is the personal coat of arms for Michaelle Jean  she is the 27th Governor General of Canada and she was born in Haiti below is an explanation of the symbolism of her personal coat of arms.
The shield shows a sand dollar, a special talisman for Jean, and the Crown symbolising her viceregal authority. The shell in a broken chain refers to Albert Mangonès' sculpture in Port-au-Prince, Marron Inconnu, which depicts an escaped slave blowing a sea shell to call to arms his fellow enslaved people; this symbolises Jean's ancestors' escape from slavery. The two Simbis are water spirits in Haitian culture, who, by legend, calm rough seas and give wisdom; they stand in before a rocky terrain upon which are rooted a palm tree — a Haitian symbol of peace — and a pine tree — representative of the natural riches of Canada.[108]

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