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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Good Friday. 70 villagemen carry Christ's coffin through the streets of the village. The roads have been painstakingly decorated with biblical patters using coloured sawdust. Throughout the day and night, the procession will continue at a snails pace through the intricately decorated streets. Villagers await the arrival of the procession through the street.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Inside the church awaiting the crucifiction of Christ on Good Friday.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. catholicism and maya Indian tradions meet. Members of the cofradia, the church elders outside the church on Palm Sunday.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. The village gathers at the church on Palm Sunday, where Catholic and traditional Maya rituals will make up the celebrations.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Inside the church awaiting the crucifiction of Christ on Good Friday.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. The crucifiction of Christ on Good Friday.
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  • The effigy of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon is visited by pilgrims during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • The effigy of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon is given a cigarette during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • Villagers wash the clothes of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon  during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • Villagers wash the clothes of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon  during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Catholicism and Maya traitions meet. Villagers decorate the street before the coffin of Christ is carried through the intricately designed biblical images made from coloured sawdust.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. The village gathers at the church on Palm Sunday, where Catholic and traditional Maya rituals will make up the celebrations.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Thevillage gathers at the church on Palm Sunday, where Catholic and traditional Maya rituals will make up the celebrations.
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  • Holy Week in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. 1998. Catholicism and Maya Indian traditions meet. One of the Cofradia, a guardian of the saints stands guard.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Catholicism and Maya traitions meet. Villagers gatherat the home of Saint Maximon, the smoking and drinking saint. "A Dirty Eater", he takes the pains and problems of the faithful and is then purified with tobacco and alcohol.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Catholicism and Maya Indian traditions meet. Villagers gather at the home os St Maximon, the smoking and drinking saint. "A Dirty Eater", he takes the pain and the problems of the faithful and then is purified with tobaccoand alcolhol.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Catholicism and Maya traitions meet. Villagers gatherat the home of Saint Maximon, the smoking and drinking saint. "A Dirty Eater", he takes the pains and problems of the faithful and is then purified with tobacco and alcohol.
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  • Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Good Friday. 70 villagemen carry Christ's coffin through the streets of the village. The roads have been painstakingly decorated with biblical patters using coloured sawdust. Throughout the day and night, the procession will continue at a snails pace through the intricately decorated streets. Villagers await the arrival of the procession through the street.
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  • The effigy of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon crucified during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • Pilgrims receiving the "Holy Fire", delivered by the Greek Patriach from the tomb of Jesus in the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims receiving the "Holy Fire", delivered by the Greek Patriach from the tomb of Jesus in the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims at the Stone of Unction upon which Jesus was annointed before his burial. Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims place their ears on the Stone of the Mocking, upon which Christ was beaten. Holy Sepulchre, jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims place their ears on the Stone of the Mocking, upon which Christ was beaten. Holy Sepulchre, jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox Monestery built on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem, Israel.
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  • Pilgrims walk up the Via Dolorosa marking the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week. Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Pilgrims walk up the Via Dolorosa marking the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week. Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Pilgrims walk up the Via Dolorosa marking the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week. Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox Monestery built on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem, Israel.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox Monestery built on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem, Israel.
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  • Pilgrims walk up the Via Dolorosa marking the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week. Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Pilgrims walk up the Via Dolorosa marking the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week. Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox Monestery built on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem, Israel.
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  • The church in the village of Santiago Atitlan. Built on the site of a Maya temple, it is a mixture of Indian culture and Catholicism. Filled with the smoke of candles and incense, villagers pay their last respects to Christ before his "Crucifiction" on GoodFriday.
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  • Good Friday in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala.. Throughout the day and night seventy men carry Christ's coffin at a snail's pace through the streets of the village.
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  • On Good Friday in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala,seventy men carry Christ's coffin at a snail's pace from the church through the village. The procession continues for twenty hours, shuffling through the streets decorated with sawdust, coloured and poured into designs from biblical stories.
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  • Good Friday in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala.. Throughout the day and night seventy men carry Christ's coffin at a snail's pace through the streets of the village.
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  • On the 15th of August, The Feast of the Assumption, small harmless snakes appear in the village church. The snakes with the markings of a cross on their heads are believed by some to be an incarnation of the Virgin and are believed to have healing powers. The nakes disapear after the 15th. Markopoulo, Kephalonia, Greece, August 1996.
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  • Pilgrim receives holy communion in the shrine.
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  • Members of the "House of Prayer" a group of Christian pilgrims, at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Members of the "House of Prayer" a group of Christian pilgrims, at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Members of the "House of Prayer" a group of Christian pilgrims, at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem.  The leader of the group Brother David, second from right.Israel.
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  • Pilgrims at the Greek Orthodox Monastery at Bethany. Palm Sunday. Israel.
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  • Pilgrim at Mary's Tomb on the Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, Israel.
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  • Members of the "House of Prayer" a group of Christian pilgrims, at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims at the Greek Orthodox Monastery at Bethany. Palm Sunday. Israel.
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  • Orthodox nuns make their way from Bethany to Jerusalem. Palm Sunday. Israel
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  • Members of the "House of Prayer" a group of Christian pilgrims, at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims at the Greek Orthodox Monastery at Bethany. Palm Sunday. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims at the Greek Orthodox Monastery at Bethany. Palm Sunday. Israel.
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  • Members of the "House of Prayer" a group of Christian pilgrims, at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims at the Greek Orthodox Monastery at Bethany. Palm Sunday. Israel.
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  • Pilgrims being baptised in the River Jordan. Kibbutz Kinneret, Israel 1999
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  • Pilgrims being baptised in the River Jordan. Kibbutz Kinneret, Israel 1999
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  • Pilgrims gather for morning prayers at the edge of Met Maryam one of the undergroung rock hewn churches of lalibela. Ethiopia
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  • The monastery on the extinct volcano of Mount Zikwala near Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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  • The monastery on the extinct volcano of Mount Zikwala near Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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  • The monastery on the extinct volcano of Mount Zikwala near Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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  • The monastery on the extinct volcano of Mount Zikwala near Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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  • On the 16th of August, the mummyof St Gerasimos (the patron saint of the island}, is brought out from the monastery, and carried over pilgrims who through themselves on the groumd before the procession. This is believed to have curative healing powers over the pilgrims. The monasteryof Saint Gerasimos, Kephalonia, Greece. 16th August 1996
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Spain
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Spain
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  • Two pilgrims climbing up the steps to a temple in Wutai Shan, People's Republic of China
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Spain
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Spain
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Spain
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Spain
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  • On the 16th of August, the mummyof St Gerasimos (the patron saint of the island}, is brought out from the monastery, and carried over pilgrims who through themselves on the groumd before the procession. This is believed to have curative healing powers over the pilgrims. The monasteryof Saint Gerasimos, Kephalonia, Greece. 16th August 1996
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  • On the 16th of August, the mummyof St Gerasimos (the patron saint of the island}, is brought out from the monastery, and carried over pilgrims who through themselves on the groumd before the procession. This is believed to have curative healing powers over the pilgrims. The monasteryof Saint Gerasimos, Kephalonia, Greece. 16th August 1996
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  • Pilgrims climbing up the steps to a temple in Wutai Shan, People's Republic of China
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  • A pilgrim climbing up the steps to a temple in Wutai Shan, People's Republic of China
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  • A monk fills prayer lights with oil with for the temple. Wutai Shan, People's Republic of China
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Spain
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  • 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Bosnia and Hercegovina
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  • Pilgrims climbing up the steps to a temple in Wutai Shan, People's Republic of China
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  • Monks working with their cows at the Monestery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Monks at prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Monks at prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines
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  • Nuns at the Anglican Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines
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  • Child is baptised in the holy waters of the shrine.
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  • Monks during mealtime at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Monks at prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down, West Sussex. England
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  • Nuns taking tea at the Anglican Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern
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  • Nun stroking a cat at the Anglican Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern
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  • Nuns n the garden at the Anglican Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congrgation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok. England
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congrgation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok. England
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congrgation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok. England
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congrgation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok. England
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