Haitian vodou festival in Saut d'Eau waterfalls

[lygone]

A thread about an event that I've recently discovered, which occurs every year in Haiti on July 16, at the end of the Saut d'Eau pilgrimage (Sodo in Haitian Creole), in the waterfalls.

This is a purification ritual, with takes place after three days of both Catholic and Voodoo celebrations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saut-d%27Eau

[lygone]

More pictures (with watermarks...) also on the following sites :

hxxp://www.sergireboredo.com/ing/rps/haitivudu/haitivudu.htm

hxxp://latino-america.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Vodou-and-Catholic-ritual-Saut-dEau-Haiti/G0000iwHgHHnv3d0/I0000DweSAH4lhjw

hxxp://vwpics.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/PHOTO-ARCHIVE-ARCHIVO-FOTOGRAFICO/G0000TuNZFqf3C0A/I0000V.sbk9r1d7Y

hxxp://www.haitixchange.com/photoalbums/sodo08/imagepages/image32.html

[lygone]

Some more pics.