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Haitian women in purple dresses and carrying candles for a midnight ceremony

September 15, 2020 | Mary at Midnight

A story in the December 2015 issue explored how cultures across the world revere and celebrate the Virgin Mary. Here, dancers in Haiti prepare for a midnight ceremony in honor of Ezili Danto, the Black Madonna.
Photograph by Diana Markosian, Nat Geo Image Collection