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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Priests carrying a Tabot, a model of The Ark of the Covenant wrapped in a rich cloth and carried on the head of the priest is assisted by a deacon holding a liturgical parasol. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • In the village of Cocula, Mexico, villagers gather to visit the different "offrendas" in everyones homes part of the Day of the Dead celebrations.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Priests carrying a Tabot, a model of The Ark of the Covenant wrapped in a rich cloth and carried on the head of the priest is assisted by a deacon holding a liturgical parasol. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Priest blesses woman with phial of St Genaro's liquified blood. The miracle of St Genaro, Naples Cathedral. Italy. A sample of the Saint's blood was saved after his execution by the emperor Diocietian who persecuted fellow Christians. The miracle of the liquificationis reputed to protect the population from unexpected lava bursts from Vesuvius.
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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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  • A truck laden with musicians and people dressed in wild costumes singing and drinking toured the villages in Oaxaca State, mexico. In San Juan Teposcolul they sang and danced with the locals. The dance of Macaritas symbolises death and is specific to the celebrations of the Day of the Dead. The belief is that by dancing and drinking with death, fear of death is overcome.
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  • Families gather at the graveside in the cemetery at the village Acatlan, Mexico. During the celebrations of the Day of the Dead, food and flowers are brought to the graves of loved ones for a celebration oftheir life. Throughout the night and next day people will eat, drink, play music, laugh cry and remember.
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  • Crowds wait outside the Cathedral for the announcement of the miraclulous liquifaction of St Genaro's blood. A sample of the Saint's blood was saved after his execution by the emperor Diocietian who persecuted fellow Christians. The miracle of the liquificationis reputed to protect the population from unexpected lava bursts from Vesuvius.
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congrgation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok. England
    7221_30.jpg
  • 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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  • Musicians in the cemetery at Acatlan in Puebla State
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  • Families gather at the graveside in the cemetery at the village Acatlan, Mexico. During the celebrations of the Day of the Dead, food and flowers are brought to the graves of loved ones for a celebration oftheir life. Throughout the night and next day people will eat, drink, play music, laugh cry and remember.
    7001_32.jpg
  • A truck laden with musicians and people dressed in wild costumes singing and drinking toured the villages in Oaxaca State, mexico. In San Juan Teposcolul they sang and danced with the locals. The dance of Macaritas symbolises death and is specific to the celebrations of the Day of the Dead. The belief is that by dancing and drinking with death, fear of death is overcome.
    6993_10.jpg
  • In the village of Cocula, Mexico, a young girl prays during the Day of the Dead celebrations. Taking the role of the Virgin of Guadalupe in a "live offrenda" in her home.
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  • Crowd waits for the miraculous liquification of St Genaro's blood which happens three times a year.  A sample of the Saint's blood was saved after his execution by the emperor Diocietian who persecuted fellow Christians. The miracle of the liquificationis reputed to protect the population from unexpected lava bursts from Vesuvius.
    7702_5_20.jpg
  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congrgation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok. England
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  • In the village of Cocula, Mexico, a young girl prays during the Day of the Dead 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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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines
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  • Priest blesses woman with phial of St Genaro's liquified blood. The miracle of St Genaro, naples Cathedral. Italy
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  • Child is baptised in the holy waters of the shrine.
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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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  • 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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  • 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. 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. 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, 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. 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. The village gathers at the church on Palm Sunday, where Catholic and traditional Maya rituals will make up the celebrations.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Crowd celebrates the miraculous liquification of St Genaro's blood which happens three times a year.
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings.
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings.
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  • Pilgrim is dragged on his back to the shrine in the hope of blessings and miracles.
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  • pilgrims in t he church at the shrine.
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  • Pilgrim receives holy communion in the shrine.
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  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine.
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings.
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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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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland
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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.
    7545_14.jpg
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings.
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  • Pilgrims camping in the shrine at the shrine.
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  • pilgrims in t he church at the shrine.
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings.
    6960_14.jpg
  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine.
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  • The holy icon, the Megalokhari, is carried through the streets over the heads of pilgrims,
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  • Girl silhouetted in archway as pilgrim sits by steps of the shrine.
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings.
    6948_24.jpg
  • 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
    7177_27.jpg
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland
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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.
    7514_19.jpg
  • 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.
    7518_19.jpg
  • 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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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines
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  • Bishops in all their finery during the celebrations at the shrine.
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  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine.
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