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Rituales en Haiti

Spending 4 years on the Caribbean island of Haiti, Spanish photographer Cristina García Rodero documents the rituals and practices of the people that live there

Cristina García Rodero

Cristina García Rodero Pilgrimage to honour the apostle Saint James, who is at the same time the Lwa Ogou, god of war. Plaine du Nord, Near the Cap Haitien, Haiti. 2000. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero This waterfall is the pilgrimage place best representing the syncretism between catholicism and voodoo. Saut d'eau, Haiti. 2000. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Pilgrimage to honour the apostle Saint James, who is at the same time the Lwa Ogou. Here a woman is in a trance. Plaine du Nord, Near the Cap Haitien, Haiti. 2000. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Man sacrificing a goat. Plaine du Nord, Near the Cap Haitien, Haiti. 2000. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Two half-naked figures. Plaine du Nord, Near the Cap Haitien, Haiti. 2000. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero On the 16th of July, when tens of thousands of pilgrims gather there, they ask the Virgin, who appeared under the waterfall once, for the same favorsin the nearby church built in the 19th century. (...)

Cristina García Rodero Figure in muddy river. Plaine du Nord, Near the Cap Haitien, Haiti. 2000. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Head emerging from muddy river. Plaine du Nord, Near the Cap Haitien, Haiti. 2000. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Two women with arms wide-open. Limonade, Haiti. 2001. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero At the dawn on saint James' day, pilgrims arrive to Bord de Mer and between the prayers, songs and drums, they get into trance. Bord de Mer Limonade, Haiti. 2000. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Carnival of Jacmel. Haiti. 2001. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Half-naked woman in graveyard. Bord de Mer de Limonade, Haiti. 2001. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Death-Day. Port au Prince, Haiti. 2001. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Group of onlookers over open coffin on Death Day. Port au Prince, Haiti. 2001. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Two figures at the Carnival of Jacmel. Haiti. 2001. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Hooded figure with lizard at the carnival of Jacmel. Haiti. 2001. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Morning and evening prayers at a catholic school. Casa Manana, Jacmel, Haiti. 2001. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero The women raise their hands to sing about their distress of their unhappy everyday lives and ask for miracles like a new job, successful exams for their children, cure of a disease. Ganthier, Haiti (...)