A pilgrim bathes in the mud in St. Jacques's hole during the Plaine du Nord voodou festival on July 24, 2008.

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A pilgrim bathes in the mud in St. Jacques's hole during the Plaine du Nord voodou festival on July 24, 2008. The festival brings thousands of voodou worshippers to the small village every year to honer the lwa Ogou, who presides over matters of war, politics, iron and fire, as well as St. James, the Catholic warrior saint.

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Location: Plaine du Nord, Haiti
Photo credit: © David Zentz / Alamy / Afripics
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