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  • Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
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In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
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The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
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NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Luisa Magalhães, age 44, comes from évora. Her husband will be operated and she comes to pray for him.<br />
 Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
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In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
<br />
The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
<br />
In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
<br />
The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
<br />
In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
<br />
The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
<br />
In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
<br />
The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
<br />
In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
<br />
The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
<br />
In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
<br />
The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
<br />
In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
<br />
The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Nome: Georgina<br />
Idade: 50<br />
De onde vem: Torres Vedras ( Nacionalidade romena )<br />
Motivo: pedir saude para os filhos
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  • Nome: Cremilde Barreira<br />
Idade: 53<br />
De onde vem: Aveiro<br />
Motivo: Reza pela saude do neto
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  • Nome: Adhy Nugraha ( Sr da direita )<br />
Idade: 47<br />
De onde vem: Indonesia<br />
Motivo: N‹o pede nada, apenas agradece as coisas que tem
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  • Nome: Carauleanu ( esq ) Nicoleta ( centro ) e Lorena ( D )Idade: Ela tem 32, ele 37 e a filha 7 <br />
De onde vem: Romenia ( vive em Espanha )<br />
Motivo: Agradecimento
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  • Nome da sra lado direito: Diana Oliynyk<br />
Idade: 24<br />
De onde vem: Ucrania<br />
Motivo: Saude, paz, amor<br />
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Nome da sra lado esquerdo: Halyna Savhcuk<br />
Idade: 40<br />
De onde vem: Ucrania<br />
Motivo:  Pedido especial mas que nao vai dizer
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  • Nome: Gertrudes Ferreira<br />
Idade: 52<br />
De onde vem: Santa Comba D‹o<br />
Motivo: Paz para todos
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  • Nome: D. Conceicao<br />
Idade: 40<br />
De onde vem: Sta Maria da Feira<br />
Motivo: reza por uma promessa que fez
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  • Nome: Maria Sabrunho<br />
Idade: 58<br />
De onde vem: Ucrania ( vive em Espanha )<br />
Motivo: reza por toda familia
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  • Nome: Liana Rodica<br />
Idade: 32<br />
De onde vem: RomŽnia<br />
Motivo: Deseja ter um filho
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  • Nome: Susana Garcia<br />
Idade: 41<br />
De onde vem: RomŽnia ( vive em Portugal )<br />
Motivo: FŽ, saœde, etc
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  • Nome: Amelia Pinto<br />
Idade: 25<br />
De onde vem: Agueda<br />
Motivo: Reza pelo sacrificio
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  • Nome: Bol’var Vallejo<br />
Idade: 42<br />
De onde vem: Equador<br />
Motivo: Veio rezar pelos 4 filhos
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  • Nome: Isabel Neto ( lado direito da imagem )<br />
Idade: 28<br />
De onde vem: Peniche<br />
Motivo: N‹o revelou
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  • Nome: Joao Pereira<br />
Idade: 73<br />
De onde vem: Aor ( Coimbra )<br />
Motivo: Agradecimento
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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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  • 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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  • Dolce Sierra, 14, brings the crusifix into the church for Sunday Mass at the Saint Rose Lima chuch in Guaimaca, Honduras. Religion plays a central role in every Honduran's life.  Youngsters are enrolled in church teachings at an early age and carry their faith throughout their lives.   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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  • Luis Garcia, 18, talks to his students about St. Francisco in the small room in the back of the church. Youngsters begin attending church at an early age and their faith is supposed to play a part in their daily lives.  Saint Rose Lima church in Guaimaca, Honduras.  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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  • Faithful pray during a mass ceremony at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 August 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Faithful hold a crucifix in the hand during a mass ceremony at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 August 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Faithful hold an image of Holly Mary of Fatima during a ceremony at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 October 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Faithful hold candles during a candlelight vigil at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 12 May 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Faithful hold candles during a candlelight vigil at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 12 October 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Faithful hold a crucifix as pilgrims walk on their knees at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 12 May 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • A priest admits a faithful
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  • A priest admits a faithful
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  • A woman hold a child dressed as an angel at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 May 2004. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Thousand of pilgrims gather at the Catholic shrine of Fatima, 13 May 2006. Pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Worshipers walk on their knees paying promises to the Holly Lady of Fatima at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 12 October 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Worshipers walk on their knees paying promises to the Holly Lady of Fatima, in front of the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 12 May 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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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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  • On trance the believers rest on the ground after being touched and exorcised .
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  • Catholic priests looks at the crown of the statue of the Holy Virgin Lady of Fatima, where the bullet that hit former Pope John Paul II in 1981 is lodged, during a procession in Fatima, 13 May 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • A pilgrim holds a cross with an image of the Holy Mary of Fatima behind an umbrella, during a procession at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 May 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Worshipper hold a cross during a procession at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 May 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • A pilgrim crawls along the pavement in front of the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 October 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Priests walk along the Fatima Catholic shrine in central Portugal 13 May 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • The statue of the Holy Mary of Fatima is carried during a procession at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 Octuber 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Pilgrims stand near the apparitions holm-oak at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 05 April 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • The statue of the Holy Mary of Fatima is carried during a candle procession at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 12 May 2005. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Worshipers walk on their knees paying promises to the Holly Lady of Fatima at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 12 October 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Pilgrims hold a cross as they arrive at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 12 October 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Worshiper prays (R) as she walks on their knees in front of the Basilica of Fatima 14 February 2005 at the Fatima sanctuary in Fatima 120 km north of Lisbon.. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • A nun prays at the Apparition Chapel at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 10 May 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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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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  • Believers pray. Soon, the apostles will distribute blessings that turn out in miracles - they say.
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  • Motard believers on parade during the convention.
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  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
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  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
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  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
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  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
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  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
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  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0016.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
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  • The celebration of the centenary of the coronation of the statue of Our Lady of the Snow is honored from the neighborhood that hanging from the balconies covered precious
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  • The days before the Virgin Mary day the setters of wagon pray.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 man with a Virgin Mary picture.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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  • The wagon setters.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.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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  • Pontcielli (Naples). During the party the people usually throws confetti.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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  • The wagon setters.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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  • The wagon setters.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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  • Wagon in the Ponticelli streets.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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  • Sunday mass at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala.
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  • Two girls of the Centro Marie Poissepin all girls catholic school, walk by a stained glass window that was shipped to Honduras from an American church. Over 94% of Honduran children are enrolled in school, yet only 40% actually complete their schooling.  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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  • Men chat and wait around the house of the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • This reportage speaks about  the sacredness. In this time no one of the great events and even that tradition. Tell us about a way of experiencing  the sacred in slowly decline, marked the indispensable mediation of objects, images, gestures of the body through which umanity  try to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more. Tell us about the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive, memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought to fatigue on the shoulders, where the faces of the saints wanted to look like to those of the men and women who handed in their sighs every days, even at the risk of show this human suffering that far from being a matter of shame, was also sanctified in his divine dignity.
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  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
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  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    007.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    006.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    004.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0031.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    003.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0029.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0028.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0025.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0026.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0024.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0022.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0023.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0020.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0021.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    002.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0017.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0018.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0015.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0013.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0014.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
    0012.jpg
  • This reportage speaks about the sacredness,<br />
Tells us about the way of experiencing the sacred and its slow decline.<br />
Marked by the indispensable mediation of objects, images and by gestures of the body through which humanity tries to grasp, represent, retain infinitely more.more. It displays the sacredness preserved in the attics of parishes, under the sheets waiting for a restoration too expensive.<br />
Memories of a time when the secret prayers were entrusted to the ability of a candle brought with fatigue on their shoulders, where the faces of the saints seem like the men and women who handed in their sighs every day, showing that human suffering is far from being a matter of shame, but is sanctified in his divine dignity.
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