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Nov 1st & 2nd / All saints day. Day of the dead

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The saut d'eau water fall festival

The Saut D’eau water fall is located in Mirebalais, roughly 40 miles from port-au-prince Haiti. [A 4 wheel drive vehicle is required to take the 3 hr trip] It is a well known site, famous for its voodoo celebrations. Legend has it that in the 1800’s an image of the Virgin Mary appeared near the water fall of Saut D’eau . Thousands of pilgrims make the trip every year, where they strip and submerge themselves in water. Some stand under the cascade and ask Erzuly [the spirit of love] for favors ranging from riches to better health. The ritual also involves leaving one’s old clothes behind in the water.

Celebration of African heritage

Celebration of the Voodoo religion in Haiti coincides with Catholic Religious Holidays. 200 years following Haiti’sindependence,the Syncretism serves as a protective shield to those celebrating. The Official recognition of the Voodoo Religion by Haiti’s ex President Jean Bertrand Aristide in April 2003, had the goal to struggle against The social exclusion of a Religion which fundamental role was the Conquest of
Haiti’s independence

Haitian Voodoo is still considered Today a Religion of the poor, which expresses through differentReligious manifestations, profundity, beauty, the purity of the profound Relationship between Haitian men, the God creator and nature