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A grand voodoo celebration in Haiti - July 26, 2003

                                      
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A Haitian pilgrim clutching a candle prays outside of the Plaine du Nord church in Haiti on Thursday July 24, 2003 during the most important Vodou pilgrimages in the country that began Wednesday and ended Saturday. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                  
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A Haitian pilgrim wearing a blue dress and a red kerchief, the colors of blood and fire worn for St. James, the Catholic counterpart of the Vodou warrior spirit Ogou holds candles while praying inside the Plaine du Nord church in Haiti on Thursday July 24, 2003 during the most important Vodou pilgrimages in the country that began Wednesday and ended Saturday. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                        
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Haitians wait in line for food being distributed by Vodou and Catholic pilgrims outside of the Plaine du Nord church in Haiti on Thursday July 24, 2003 during the most important Vodou pilgrimages in the country that began Wednesday and ended Saturday. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                            
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Haitians wait in line for food being distributed by Vodou and Catholic pilgrims outside of the Plaine du Nord church in Haiti on Thursday July 24, 2003 during the most important Vodou pilgrimages in the country that began Wednesday and ended Saturday. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                

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A Haitian pilgrim wearing a blue dress and a red kerchief, the colors of blood and fire worn for Ogou cries as she prays inside the Plaine du Nord church in Haiti on Thursday July 24, 2003 during the most important Vodou pilgrimages in the country that began Wednesday and ended Saturday. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                      

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A Haitian pilgrim wearing a blue dress and a red kerchief, the colors of blood and fire worn for Ogou prays inside the Plaine du Nord church in Haiti on Thursday July 24, 2003 during the most important Vodou pilgrimages in the country that began Wednesday and ended Saturday. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                   
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A Haitian pilgrim possessed by Vodou spirits bathes in the sacred mud pool of Plaine du Nord in Haiti on Thursday July 24, 2003 during one of the most important Vodou pilgrimages in the country that began Wednesday with rituals to Ogou, the Vodou god of war, and ended Saturday with rites to the goddess of love, Erzuli. This year's crowd of more than 10,000 was half of what it was last year. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                              
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A Haitian pilgrim possessed by Vodou spirits bathes in the sacred mud pool of Plaine du Nord in Haiti, Thursday July 24, 2003 during one of the most important Vodou pilgrimages in the country that began Wednesday with rituals to Ogou, the Vodou god of war, and ended Saturday with rites to the goddess of love, Erzuli. This year's crowd of more than 10,000 was half of what it was last year. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        
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