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  • Protesters gather in Wenceslas Square in Prague calling for the end of Communism in Czechoslovakia. People shake their keys calling for the opening of the doors to freedom in their country. November 1989
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  • Youth. Ardoyne. Belfast 1986. Northern Ireland
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  • Friends lighting up. Kentish Town. North London 1975
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  • Man lights cigarette at table at fireside. Kentish Town, North London 1975
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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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  • 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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  • 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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