Voodoo Festival in Saut d'Eau, Haiti. Several people head to Saut d'Eau to attend the first of the three great Catholic-voodoo celebrations that attract people from all over the country and from all social classes. In 1847 a supposed vision of the Virgin Mary on a palm tree in Ville-Bonheur, began to attract pilgrims from all over convinced of its healing properties. A church was erected on the spot, but local devotees quickly start to match the vision with the nearby waterfalls of Saut d'eau, Cantor sacred to Erzulie, the Iwa (spirit of voodoo), which usually represents the Virgin.
Voodoo Festival in Saut d'Eau, Haiti. Several people head to Saut d'Eau to attend the first of the three great Catholic-voodoo celebrations that attract people from all over the country and from all social classes. In 1847 a supposed vision of the Virgin Mary on a palm tree in Ville-Bonheur, began to attract pilgrims from all over convinced of its healing properties. A church was erected on the spot, but local devotees quickly start to match the vision with the nearby waterfalls of Saut d'eau, Cantor sacred to Erzulie, the Iwa (spirit of voodoo), which usually represents the Virgin.
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