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  • The immigrants that sleep in the church assist to the mass of Bishop Paul Verryn. Bishop Paul Verryn opened the doors of the Central Methodist Church to thousands of immigrants in the last years keeping them open also during the xenophobic attacks of 2008. The church is now considered a safe place for refugee and immigrants.
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  • immigrants that sleep in the church assist to the mass of Bishop Paul Verryn. Bishop Paul Verryn opened the doors of the Central Methodist Church to thousands of immigrants in the last years keeping them open also during the xenophobic attacks of 2008. The church is now considered a safe place for refugee and immigrants.
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  • A view of the entrance of the church. During the day most of the people went out from the church but during the night a entire world living, the people that live in the church started to do some commerce to sell food to the others that cannot cook by themself.
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  • Clothes of the people living in the church hanged on to dry. In the centre of Johannesburg the Central Methodist Church offer a shelter to a large number, around 3000, of immigrant, most of them from Zimbabwe. Every day around 300 Zimbabweans cross the border entering in South Africa. Despite the precarious conditions the Church became a reference point for the ones that entering in the country have to face new difficulties.
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  • Cloude is sleeping in the church by 2/3 months. He is planning to go back to Zimbabwe since he is not finding a job. Several people in the church plans to go back or to find quickly a job but eventually due to their economical condition they cannot do anything except stay in the church.
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  • Taimon Rukini (36 years old, left) is from Zimbabwe and he is blind, even if he doesn’t sleep in the church he receive economical support from the Central Methodist Church.
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  • A view of the entrance and of the main stair of the church, early in the morning during the cleaning made by voluteers. During the day the church host only the teenagers, and the kids with their mothers while the other adult are not allowed to stay inside.
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  • A view of the church stairs. At the beginning of the night the people start to arrive at the Central Methodist Church to find a place where to sleep inside the building.
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  • People distributing blanket and clothes for the night. In the centre of Johannesburg the Central Methodist Church offer a shelter to a large number, around 3000, of immigrant, most of them from Zimbabwe. Every day around 300 Zimbabweans cross the border entering in South Africa. Despite the precarious conditions the Church became a reference point for the ones that entering in the country have to face new difficulties.
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  • In the centre of Johannesburg the Central Methodist Church offer a shelter to a large number, around 3000, of immigrant, most of them from Zimbabwe. The Church in an entire world where the life is intense, it is not only about sleeping but also cooking ans selling things.
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  • A view of a corridor of the church. Around 2000 people sleep in the floor of the church, mainly in the corridors and in the entrance.
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  • Mrs and Mr Hove arrived in South Africa from Zimbabwe in 2007 crossing the river that separate the two countries, since then they are living in the church. Their house in Zimbabwe was destroyed by the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front. A part the baby girl in the photo they have other 4 children living with them in the church.
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  • People passing by Our Lady of Health Church in Ilha de Mozambique. This church is build on the separation betweeen colonial Stone City and Macuti Town, where most of islands population lives
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  • This young man from Zimbabwe looked for a job when he arrived in South Africa but he didn't find nothing. Now he is spending his time inside the church during the night and just outside the church during the day. Like many he is waiting for the occasion that will change his life.
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  • A view of a corridor of the church. Around 2000 people sleep in the floor of the church, mainly in the corridors and in the entrance.
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  • Taimon Rukini (36 years old, left) and a friend of him are from Zimbabwe and he is blind, even if he doesn’t sleep in the church he receive economical support from the Central Methodist Church.
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  • In the centre of Johannesburg the Central Methodist Church offer a shelter to a large number, around 3000, of immigrant, most of them from Zimbabwe. Every day around 300 Zimbabweans cross the border entering in South Africa. Despite the precarious conditions the Church became a reference point for the ones that entering in the country have to face new difficulties.
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  • A view of the Central Methodist Church from outside. During the day the church host only the teenagers, and the kids with their mothers while the other adult are not allowed to stay inside.
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  • A view of a corridor of the church. Around 2000 people sleep in the floor of the church, mainly in the corridors and in the entrance.
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  • Martin Masivandumby is living in the church. In 2008 the asylum as refugee has been given to him.
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  • In few years the number of people that sleep in the church increase significantly. Every space is used to accommodate needed persons, the luckier ones can sleep on a mattress.
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  • Some of the rooms of the Central Methodist Church are reserved just for kids and teenagers. The decision to keep them separate from the rest of the people came after some rumours of children and women abuse was published in same newspapers.
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  • Some of the rooms of the Central Methodist Church are reserved just for women. The decision to keep Women, families and Children separate from the rest of the men came after some rumours of children and women abuse was published in same newspapers.
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  • Zimbabweans that preferred to stay anonymous is preparing for the night in a corridor of the Central Methodist Church.
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  • Some of the rooms of the Central Methodist Church are reserved just for women. The decision to keep Women, families and Children separate from the rest of the men came after some rumours of children and women abuse was published in same newspapers.
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  • The upper floor of the main room of the Central Methodist Church is reserved to women with children. During the night the door of this area are locked for security reasons.
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  • Simbarushe Nyamuziva (16 years old) arrived in 2008 in South Africa travelling on a bus. Now he is attending to some class organized inside the church.
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  • This girl said she arrived 2 days before the photo was shoot.  He hopes to find quickly a job to be able to leave the church.
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  • Some of the rooms of the Central Methodist Church are reserved just for families. The decision to keep Women, families and Children separate from the rest came after some rumours about children and women abuses.
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  • In few years the number of people that sleep in the church increase significantly. Every space is used to accommodate needed persons, the luckier ones can sleep on a mattress.
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  • Some of the rooms of the Central Methodist Church are reserved just for kids and teenagers. The decision to keep them separate from the rest of the people came after some rumours of children and women abuse was published in same newspapers.
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  • For the Lord and the tv cameras to see,  apostle Jorge Tadeu speaks live on Mana Church network.
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  • Everyone is welcome at the convention. Whites, Blacks, Indians, Gypsies... Mana Church is present on more than 40 countries with 1000 temples.
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  • The apostle Jorge Tadeu, leader of the Mana Church, throws a so-called holy water over the believers. During the faith convention they pray, dance, sing and wait for a miracle to change their lives.
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  • James Nyandoro (30 years old) was doing the mechanic in Zimbabwea before coming to Johannesburg at the beginning of 2009. From them to March 2010 he lived in the church. At the time he crossed the border at Musina crossing the Limpopo River. As many others he is waiting for the document that will allow him to stay in South Africa.
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  • Woman brooming the street in front of Mercy Church in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Golden altar in Our Lady of Health Church in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • A women pray the holy mother that reach the church. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • September 2015. Thessaloniki. Orthodox church in the city center.
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  • A blind man from Zimbabwe seats under a poster of demonstration pro Zimbabweans human rights.
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  • Farouk arrived in Johannesburg from Zimbabwe 4 days before this photo was shoot with his wife and his 3 years old son. He is a former book keeper and he hope to use his skills to find a job in South Africa.
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  • Farouk arrived in Johannesburg from Zimbabwe 4 days before this photo was shoot with his wife and his 3 years old son. He is a former book keeper and he hope to use his skills to find a job in South Africa.
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  • Isacc was a professional a administrator in Zimbabwe. For political reasons he has had to leave his country and he arrived in South Africa in January 2010.
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  • Farouk arrived in Johannesburg from Zimbabwe 4 days before this photo was shoot with his wife and his 3 years old son. He is a former book keeper and he hope to use his skills to find a job in South Africa.
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  • Eyes closed, shaking, praying. Soon, the apostles will distribute blessings that turn out in miracles - they say.
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  • Believers pray. Soon, the apostles will distribute blessings that turn out in miracles - they say.
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  • On trance the believers rest on the ground after being touched and exorcised .
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  • An apostle blesses a believer. She gets in a trance and claims to be cured. During the faith convention they pray, dance, sing and wait for a miracle to change their lives.
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  • Motard believers on parade during the convention.
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  • A view of S. Matteo Church, Lecce Province, Puglia, Italy.
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  • Religion; procession; catholic; extremist; cork; needle; blood; tradition; vatican; church; beliver; devote; holy; mother. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • The Holy mother is brought by the people of Guardia Sanframondi untill the entrance of the church. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • The flagellant enter inside the church at the end of the religious procession. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Summer 2015. Brussels. On the "Homeless church", the apostles have the eyes wide open and painted black.
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  • The spanish chapel at Santa Maria Novella church.
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  • A rupest church in a cave on the opposite side of Sassi di Matera
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  • Garachico is a town on the northern coast of Tenerife. The town itself nestles below a 500m cliff. Garachico and the surrounding area is arguably the least spoilt coastal area of Tenerife with a very Spanish in character.<br />
The May 5, 1706 eruption originating from the northwest rift zone was a major event in the town's history. Prior to then, Garachico was an important port exporting Malmsey Wine and other local produce. However, a several-week-long eruption poured lava into the old bay and effectively destroyed the town's livelihood. - Santa Ana Church.
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  • Garachico is a town on the northern coast of Tenerife. The town itself nestles below a 500m cliff. Garachico and the surrounding area is arguably the least spoilt coastal area of Tenerife with a very Spanish in character.<br />
The May 5, 1706 eruption originating from the northwest rift zone was a major event in the town's history. Prior to then, Garachico was an important port exporting Malmsey Wine and other local produce. However, a several-week-long eruption poured lava into the old bay and effectively destroyed the town's livelihood. - Santa Ana Church.
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  • Clerical garb in a church.<br />
<br />
The protagonist of this work it is, at the same time, the main absent: the man.<br />
The man in his social and communal dimension.<br />
The contexts designed and arranged to encourage communication, play, participation, respect, sharing, skills development, become no  - places unable to perform their function. <br />
The silent nature appears the only creature really and irreducibly faithful to the vocation involved in its essence.<br />
Their state of neglect, decay times, recalls the waiver insane man / citizen called, by its nature, to express themselves and build.<br />
The only faces represented are those mediated by the eye of the artist: a film, a stone statue .. as if to say that the true humanity still exists only in the eyes of those who seek beauty.
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  • Montes Avenue and the church of San Francisco seen without the usual traffic. During elections period in  Bolivia, the country faces several restrictions, like no alcohol for sale 48 hours before and 12 after the election; no public gatherings, shows of any kind until the political parties made their speeches on the election night; its completely forbidden the circulation of any vehicles, private or governmental except with the permit from the Electoral Tribunal, which means it would be basically no cars, buses or anything circulating in the city; no long distance buses, the terminal will be close from Saturday until Monday and even flights will not be allowed except the ones leaving the country or the international ones doing stop-over. It is a completely shut down of the country.
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  • The Virgin Mary outside of the church.In Ponticelli, the eastern outskirts of Naples, for 250 years, the 5th of August is celebrated the Mother of God with the title of “Our Lady of the Snows.”<br />
The statue of the patron is hoisted on top of the “Wagon”, the heavy machinery of the party of about 17 meters, carried by hand from less than a hundred men, along the streets of the neighborhood.<br />
The Virgin is enthroned above.<br />
In Via San Rocco the people, without effort, tap the wagon from the balconies, covering it sometimes with confetti.<br />
In Naples, in the places where degradation of culture and traditions are still popular, people condense in the briefest of moments, cyclical, of the party, its history daily, made of sweat, hopes, disappointments, fatigue, illness. The party therefore assumes a character of inevitability for its ability to signify all the painful complexity of life.
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  • A woman pry inside the church the day before the Vergin Mary day.<br />
In Ponticelli, the eastern outskirts of Naples, for 250 years, the 5th of August is celebrated the Mother of God with the title of “Our Lady of the Snows.”<br />
The statue of the patron is hoisted on top of the “Wagon”, the heavy machinery of the party of about 17 meters, carried by hand from less than a hundred men, along the streets of the neighborhood.<br />
The Virgin is enthroned above.<br />
In Via San Rocco the people, without effort, tap the wagon from the balconies, covering it sometimes with confetti.<br />
In Naples, in the places where degradation of culture and traditions are still popular, people condense in the briefest of moments, cyclical, of the party, its history daily, made of sweat, hopes, disappointments, fatigue, illness. The party therefore assumes a character of inevitability for its ability to signify all the painful complexity of life.
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  • Virgin Mary statue inside the church.In Ponticelli, the eastern outskirts of Naples, for 250 years, the 5th of August is celebrated the Mother of God with the title of “Our Lady of the Snows.”<br />
The statue of the patron is hoisted on top of the “Wagon”, the heavy machinery of the party of about 17 meters, carried by hand from less than a hundred men, along the streets of the neighborhood.<br />
The Virgin is enthroned above.<br />
In Via San Rocco the people, without effort, tap the wagon from the balconies, covering it sometimes with confetti.<br />
In Naples, in the places where degradation of culture and traditions are still popular, people condense in the briefest of moments, cyclical, of the party, its history daily, made of sweat, hopes, disappointments, fatigue, illness. The party therefore assumes a character of inevitability for its ability to signify all the painful complexity of life.
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  • Inside of the church.<br />
Prayng to the Virgin Mary. In Ponticelli, the eastern outskirts of Naples, for 250 years, on the 5th of August is celebrated the Mother of God with the title of “Our Lady of the Snows.”<br />
The statue of the patron is hoisted on top of the “Wagon”, the heavy machinery of the party of about 17 meters, carried by hand from less than a hundred men, along the streets of the neighborhood.<br />
The Virgin is enthroned above.<br />
In Via San Rocco the people, without effort, tap the wagon from the balconies, covering it sometimes with confetti.<br />
In Naples, in the places where degradation of culture and traditions are still popular, people condense in the briefest of moments, cyclical, of the party, its history daily, made of sweat, hopes, disappointments, fatigue, illness. The party therefore assumes a character of inevitability for its ability to signify all the painful complexity of life.
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  • Some sisters and a few inhabitants of Ilha de Mozambique pray in Mercy Church. Most the islands residents are muslims
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  • Fisherman leaves behind Saint Sebastian Fortress in Ilha de Mozambique / On the left side is seen Our Lady of the Bastion Church, the oldest european builiding in South Hemisphere
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  • Tourists visiting the Fortress of Saint Sebastian where there is a ruined Church, an ancient hospital and a cistern that was still in use not long ago.
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  • The National Pantheon also know as Santa Engrácia church in Lisbon. Here some heads-of-state are buried, as well as Fado greatest diva Amália Rodrigues.
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  • The National Pantheon also know as Santa Engrácia church in Lisbon. Here some heads-of-state are buried, as well as Fado greatest diva Amália Rodrigues.
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  • Flagellant during the procession. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • A parishoner sits alone in the Saint Rose Lima church in Guaimaca, Honduras awaiting for the evening mass to begin.  Religion is a central part of every Honduran persons life.   Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • Parishoners attend Sunday mass at the Saint Roch Catholic church atop the Saint Roch mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  Over 80% of Haiti's population is Roman Catholic and their faith play an important part in their lives.
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  • A girl helps her friend with her shoes after they and fello parishoners attend Sunday mass at the Saint Roch Catholic church atop the Saint Roch mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.
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  • A flagellant watch the street waiting for the beginning of the procession. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Amoment of the procession. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • detail of Barroque Gate, S. Matteo Church, ecce Province, Puglia, Italy.
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  • Every 24th of August close to Esposende in the north of Portugal, a small neighbourhood celebrate Saint Bartholomew of the Sea. The celebration consist of a mass, the baptism of the children in the sea and a procession. A woman goes out from the church.
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  • Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • The battenti hold in their hand a cross with the image of the holy mother for all the time of the procession. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • The cork disk are disinfected with cheap white wine. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • One of the old women that announcing the name of the holy mother gives the cadence of the beating to the Battenti. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Some flagellant wait the beginning of the procession. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • The cork disk are disinfected with cheap white wine. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Some flagellant wait the beginning of the procession. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Preparation of the "sponge", a disk of cork with 20/40 needle that will be used during the religious procession by the "Battenti". Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • A women that will participate to the procession as battente is holdin in her hand her cork disk. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Flagellant participating at the religious procession. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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