La Dispersion
1755

A stained-glass window symbolizing the deportation of the Acadians: A white cross with yellow rays and Évangéline, wearing white and blue, devastated amid shapes reminiscent of waves and rocks. – This stained-glass window symbolically depicts the devastating effects of the Deportation on the Acadians. It portrays the sorrow of Évangéline, a fictional character, here personifying the grief of Acadia. A stylized white cross and yellow rays dominate the scene, evoking the Marian star, a symbol of hope. At the centre is a stylized person wearing blue and white, holding her head in her hands, expressing a profound anguish amid rippling blue and white shapes representing the ocean, the final resting place for so many people. The base, in red and purple rectangular shapes, reminds of the rocky coasts of the home from which they were exiled.

Évangéline, figure mythique du poème de Longfellow, pleure son fiancé Gabriel et les disparus de Grand Pré, éclairée par l’étoile mariale.

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