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In Haiti, where Voodoo and Christianity, in the words of Karl Marx, "are the sighs of the oppressed, the opiates of the masses" - April 14 and 16, 2006

                         
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Voodoo believers participate in a Voodoo ceremony in a sacred muddy pool in Souvenance a village 90 miles (145 kms) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April 16, 2006. Hundreds of people come to this tiny village over Easter weekend to participate in one of the holiest pilgrimages showing their devotion to the African spirits brought to the island by slaves from West Africa. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                            
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Voodoo believers participate in a Voodoo ceremony in a sacred muddy pool in Souvenance a village 90 miles (145 kms) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April 16, 2006. Hundreds of people come to this tiny village over Easter weekend to participate in one of the holiest pilgrimages showing their devotion to the African spirits brought to the island by slaves from West Africa. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                         
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Voodoo believers participate in a Voodoo ceremony in a sacred muddy pool in Souvenance a village 90 miles (145 kms) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April 16, 2006. Hundreds of people come to this tiny village over Easter weekend to participate in one of the holiest pilgrimages showing their devotion to the African spirits brought to the island by slaves from West Africa. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                        

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A Voodoo believer cries as she participates in a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance a village 90 miles (145 kms) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April 16, 2006. Hundreds of people come to this tiny village over Easter weekend to participate in one of the holiest pilgrimages showing their devotion to the African spirits brought to the island by slaves from West Africa. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
              
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Voodoo believers dance with blood-stained clothes from a goat that was sacrificed earlier in Souvenance a village 90 miles (145 kms) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April 16, 2006. Hundreds of people come to this tiny village over Easter weekend to participate in one of the holiest pilgrimages showing their devotion to the African spirits brought to the island by slaves from West Africa. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                  
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Voodoo believers dance with blood-stained clothes from a goat that was sacrificed earlier in Souvenance a village 90 miles (145 kms) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April 16, 2006. Hundreds of people come to this tiny village over Easter weekend to participate in one of the holiest pilgrimages showing their devotion to the African spirits brought to the island by slaves from West Africa. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                             
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A Voodoo believer dances as others watch on their knees waiting for their to dance during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance a village 90 miles (145 kms) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April 16, 2006. Hundreds of people come to this tiny village over Easter weekend to participate in one of the holiest pilgrimages showing their devotion to the African spirits brought to the island by slaves from West Africa. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                     
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Haitian women pray as they carry stones on their head as a religious offering during a pilgrimage at the mount of Calvaire Miracle during Good Friday celebrations in Ganthier, Haiti Friday April.14, 2006.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                        

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A Haitian woman prays during a pilgrimage at the mount of Calvaire Miracle during Good Friday celebrations in Ganthier, Haiti, Friday April 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                    

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Voodoo ritual : A woman in a trance stands in a pool of water during a Voodoo Easter ceremony in Gonaives, Haiti.
                                 
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Rosaries are hung on a statue of the Virgin Mary while people pray during a pilgrimage to the mount of Calvaire Miracle in celebration of Good Friday in Ganthier, Haiti, Friday, April 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                            
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A Haitian woman prays as she holds an rosary during a pilgrimage to the mount of Calvaire Miracle in celebration of Good Friday in Ganthier, Haiti, Friday, April 14,2005.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                        
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