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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Publico no Rock in Rio. ATENÇÃO: ESTAS FOTOS SÓ PODEM SER USADAS NO CONTEXTO ROCK IN RIO
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  • Mark Kosenchuk, 9 arrives at Lisbon International airport for the 2nd year but seem like it's his first as curiosity makes him stare at everything.<br />
The arrival of "Chernobyl children" is always marked by an emotional atmosphere as the host families are willing for their arrival.
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  • The atmosphere of the fair. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • The portrait of a gypsy woman, resting against the wall of the church of their community.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • Tchikuteny at his third house in Namibe City, which is used for children that proceed their studies after the Giraul school. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Gypsies waiting for the pastor´s pray.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • The gypsy camp.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • Gypsy praying with the pastor, getting rid of their sins.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • A gypsy man holding his donkey.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • One of the family houses at the village. Newborn babies stay at home for 2-3 months before they are registered. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny?s big family gather in a cue, chanting after leaving the church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny coming from the church with three of his sons. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny?s big family gather in a cue, chanting after leaving the church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny?s village at Giraul. There is two years since the last rain. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny with some of his sons and daughters after leaving the church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny visits the newborn grandson mother?s family in order to welcome them to the great extended family. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Women attending the weekly religious works at the local church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny visits the newborn grandson mother?s family in order to welcome them to the great extended family. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • During the Tchikuteny?s visit to the newborn grandson mother?s family, the new  extended family chooses  the babys name. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Weekly religious works at the local church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Weekly religious works at the local church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny?s wife at her home, in the village. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny with three wives at his second home at the village. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Community working at the agriculture lands. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Community working at the agriculture lands. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny?s son at the door of a village house. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Community working at the agriculture lands. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny with some of his family. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny with three of his 43 wives.In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny with three of his 43 wives. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • During the Tchikuteny?s visit to the newborn grandson mother?s family, the new  extended family chooses  the babys name. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny?s wife at her home, in the village. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny?s wives chatting cheerfully. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny is responsible for the management of the village. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny at the door of his second house at the village, giving orientations to one of his spouses. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tender moments at Tchikuteny?s second home. Tchikuteny lives daily with one wife, and has a second home, dedicated to meet with the other wives. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny with his sons ?s, at the village. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchikuteny with two of his 43 spouses. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021305.jpg
  • Tender moments at Tchikuteny?s second home. Tchikuteny lives daily with one wife, and has a second home, dedicated to meet with the other wives. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021304.jpg
  • Community working at the agriculture lands.In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • While leaving the local church after the weekly religious works, there is a tradition for the family to greet each other. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Friendship and complicity between wives. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Weekly religious works at the local church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Tchicuteny?s family register book. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Community working at the agriculture lands. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Preparing the fire for cooking and warm themselves from the cold.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • Gypsies praying.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019429.jpg
  • Preparing the fire for cooking and warm themselves from the cold.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • playing cards while waiting for their wives to come from the religious ceremony.<br />
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The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • The gypsy community at the camp.<br />
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The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • Gypsy culture.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • A woman praying.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019416.jpg
  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019420.jpg
  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019419.jpg
  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019417.jpg
  • Family?s gathering in front of the local church after the weekly religious works. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Weekly religious works at the local church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021333.jpg
  • Weekly religious works at the local church. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021328.jpg
  • Tchikuteny?s wives in the village In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021327.jpg
  • Community working at the agriculture lands. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021323.jpg
  • Happy moments at his first wife?s house, Eva. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021313.jpg
  • Tchikuteny with his wives, at the village. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021312.jpg
  • Cattle are one of the most important resources of the family. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021309.jpg
  • Tchikuteny?s wife and baby at the village. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
    h_00021308.jpg
  • Tchikuteny?s wife at her home, in the village. In Angola?s Namibe desert, at Giraul, in the Namibe province, Tchikuteny, from the Mucubal tribe, is the leader of a big family, maybe the biggest family in the world.<br />
He is the chief leader, the manager and responsible for the entire village. <br />
In his village, Tchikuteny lives nowadays with most of his big family, his 33 wives, that were once 43, but 10 left the village, and most of their descendants.<br />
Tchikuteny maintains the registry of all the new-borns, totalizing 154 sons, and his grandsons, that are around 60. Nowadays, 4 new babies are on the way, and 3 great grand children were born recently.<br />
Huge harmony, love and respect transpire in the village atmosphere. The sense of a community is the pillar of their sustainability and sustenance and their autonomy depends prominently on cattle and agriculture that is made by the villagers. Nevertheless, Tchikuteny village is in close connection with their surrounding communities. Children attend Giraul School and there is proximity and relations with the extended family that lives in the surroundings.<br />
Being the spiritual leader of the community, Tchikuteny is also responsible for the weekly religious works that happens in the village church. <br />
This big family opened his doors to share with us their daily lives.
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  • Gypsies waiting for the pastor´s pray.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019425.jpg
  • Improvised church at the camp of gypsies.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019418.jpg
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