Haitian Vodou at Saut-d’Eau’s annual pilgrimage

Record summary

The annual pilgrimage to Saut-d’Eau, especially the waterfall at Ville-Bonheur, is one of Haiti’s best-known settings for Vodou devotion, bathing, offerings, prayer, possession, and encounters with figures associated with water and Erzulie Freda. Contemporary reports and scholarship examine the pilgrimage amid earthquake recovery, insecurity, tourism, Catholic coexistence, and debates over what counts as Vodou. It offers a strong comparison with Caribbean healing and spirit-medium traditions. Accounts of miracles, visions, or possession should remain attributed to participants or observers, while conditions at particular pilgrimage years need independent verification.