Voodoo Pilgrims Wash Up

July 18, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: New Zealand Herald

Wire Service: AP

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10659533

Partiers, pilgrims and profit-seekers flocked to a sacred Haitian waterfall yesterday where Voodoo and Christian faithful prayed for a better life after six grueling months of post-earthquake trouble.

The annual pilgrimage to Saut d'Eau venerates the site where believers say the Virgin Mary whom many there revere as the goddess of love, Ezili Danto once appeared.