- 1st Place, Enterprise
- Justin Griffiths-Williams/freelance
Every year at the end of June, Vodou pilgrims make the journey to the Grotto de Saint Francis de Assisi, situated near the small Haitian town of Saint-Michel de l’Atalaye. The cave, first inhabited by Taino indians, has become a place of pilgrimage for followers of the Vodou faith. A pilgrim enters the mouth of the cave, holding aloft a chicken, which she has brought as a sacrificial offering to one of the Vodou spirits, or “loa” as they are known.
- 1st
- Justin Griffiths-Williams
- freelance
- 2nd
- Veronique de Viguerie
- WPN
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- John Moore
- Getty Images
- HM
- Jan Dago
- Jyllands-Posten
- HM
- Mario Tama
- Getty Images
- HM
- Paula Bronstein
- Getty Images
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