ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 12月18日 21時22分

Photo by @maggiesteber. In Haiti religious pilgrims pray at the top of a mountain outside of Gonaives. They climbed every morning during the Christmas season, as they explained, to be closer to their God. I had seen people on top of this mountain many times when driving to the north and always at this time of year. One morning some years ago I climbed the mountain myself before the sun rose to find out what they were doing. When I got to the top, no easy feat in the dark, I sat there wondering if anyone would arrive. Finally as the sun came up one by one the pilgrims arrived.
I sat and watched them for a time until the minister arrived. I asked if I could photograph the gathering praying and he said yes because they wanted the message to get out to everyone, that this was the time to be thankful for what they called the greatest gift. I asked if they had a church and the minister told me that there was no greater church than Nature itself. In a country where many well-meaning people go to build churches for Haitians, this response reaffirmed my admiration for Haitians who see beauty in their country that strangers often miss. If there is a lesson here, it’s that while people might seem poor, they can also imagine themselves richly as the most fortunate people on earth in their love of the land and country.
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