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I went on a Voodoo pilgrimage in Haiti

  • Written by Guilberly Louissaint, Anthropology Ph.d Student, University of California, Irvine
Haiti's black saint known as Grann Sainte Anne Charitable in her European Catholic form and Ti Saint Anne, in Vodoo form.Guilberly Louissaint, CC BY

In July, hundreds of pilgrims will make their way to an isolated town in the northwest of Haiti, called Anse-à-Foleur or Ansafolè. The journey celebrates a black saint known as Gran'n...

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