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Tarps and tents cover the hillside neighborhood La Vallee de Bourdon in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in July 2010, seven months after the devastating earthquake. Every year, thousands of Haitians flock to Ville-Bonheur in Haiti for the July 16 feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. According to legend, the Virgin Mary showed herself in the mid-1800s on a tree near the waterfall. Every year since, Haitians make the pilgrimage to the waterfall to be blessed in the sacred water. July 2010 was no exception. Following the devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake that hit the country in January 2010, the prayers were many.

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Copyright: © 2010 Lexey Swall
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Tarps and tents cover the hillside neighborhood La Vallee de Bourdon in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in July 2010, seven months after the devastating earthquake. Every year, thousands of Haitians flock to Ville-Bonheur in Haiti for the July 16 feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. According to legend, the Virgin Mary showed herself in the mid-1800s on a tree near the waterfall. Every year since, Haitians make the pilgrimage to the waterfall to be blessed in the sacred water. July 2010 was no exception. Following the devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake that hit the country in January 2010, the prayers were many.