About this picture: Saut-d'Eau Haitians
Every year, thousands of Haitian pilgrims converge into the basin of Saut D'Eau sacred waterfall to pray. They throw their clothes into the cascading waterfall where the faithful believe the Virgin Mary (known as Erzulie in Haitian Voodoo), appeared in the 1800s.
Annually, Saut-d'Eau is the site of a large, important religious pilgrimage, during the festival of Our Lady of Carmel, from June 7–16. A Eucharistic rite is held during the festival, as well as various vodou rituals, but the penultimate devotional activity is bathing in the waters of the falls, and asking favors of the Virgin or Erzulie
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