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  • City center, religious group.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, Santa Catalina monastery, a enormous complex of rooms, cloisters and tiny plazas.Is the most important and prestigious religious building of Perù.
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  • Arequipa, la Recoleta colonial monastery.
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  • Arequipa, la Recoleta colonial monastery.
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  • Arequipa, la Recoleta colonial monastery.
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  • Arequipa, la Recoleta colonial monastery.
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  • Religious images of the confraternities that often organise the religious celebrations. Every 3rd October La Valletta live its annual  White Night or Notte Bianca, when streets and squares host shows. The genesis of confraternities in Malta goes back to the XIV and XV century.
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  • Religious images of the confraternities that often organise the religious celebrations. Every 3rd October La Valletta live its annual  White Night or Notte Bianca, when streets and squares host shows. The genesis of confraternities in Malta goes back to the XIV and XV century.
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  • Dingle peninsula. Kilmalkedar monastery, founded in the seventh century, is located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry and is spread out over ten acres.  The site contains a church, ogham stone, oratory, sundial, several cross-inscribed slabs, and two houses.  It includes structures built in the Early Christian era through ones built in the fifteenth century.  Although primarily a Christian site, it includes some pagan elements.  Supposedly, it was founded by Saint Maolcethair, son of the King of Ulster, who died at this site in 636.  He chose it because of its proximity to Mount Brandon, a pre-Christian religious symbol, and the pilgrim’s track which leads to Mount Brandon passes through Kilmalkedar. ogham stone. Ogham is is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the Old Irish language,.Founded in the seventh century, Kilmakedar is located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry and is spread out over ten acres.  The site contains a church, ogham stone, oratory, sundial, several cross-inscribed slabs, and two houses.  It includes structures built in the Early Christian era through ones built in the fifteenth century.  Although primarily a Christian site, it includes some pagan elements.  Supposedly, it was founded by Saint Maolcethair, son of the King of Ulster, who died at this site in 636.  He chose it because of its proximity to Mount Brandon, a pre-Christian religious symbol, and the pilgrim’s track which leads to Mount Brandon passes through Kilmalkedar.
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  • Religious images of the confraternities that often organise the religious celebrations. Every 3rd October La Valletta live its annual  White Night or Notte Bianca, when streets and squares host shows. The genesis of confraternities in Malta goes back to the XIV and XV century.
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  • Religious images of the confraternities that often organise the religious celebrations. Every 3rd October La Valletta live its annual  White Night or Notte Bianca, when streets and squares host shows. The genesis of confraternities in Malta goes back to the XIV and XV century.
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  • Religious images of the confraternities that often organise the religious celebrations. Every 3rd October La Valletta live its annual  White Night or Notte Bianca, when streets and squares host shows. The genesis of confraternities in Malta goes back to the XIV and XV century.
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  • Religious images of the confraternities that often organise the religious celebrations. Every 3rd October La Valletta live its annual  White Night or Notte Bianca, when streets and squares host shows. The genesis of confraternities in Malta goes back to the XIV and XV century.
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  • Dingle peninsula. Kilmalkedar monastery, founded in the seventh century, is located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry and is spread out over ten acres.  The site contains a church, ogham stone, oratory, sundial, several cross-inscribed slabs, and two houses.  It includes structures built in the Early Christian era through ones built in the fifteenth century.  Although primarily a Christian site, it includes some pagan elements.  Supposedly, it was founded by Saint Maolcethair, son of the King of Ulster, who died at this site in 636.  He chose it because of its proximity to Mount Brandon, a pre-Christian religious symbol, and the pilgrim’s track which leads to Mount Brandon passes through Kilmalkedar. ogham stone. Ogham is is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the Old Irish language,.Founded in the seventh century, Kilmakedar is located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry and is spread out over ten acres.  The site contains a church, ogham stone, oratory, sundial, several cross-inscribed slabs, and two houses.  It includes structures built in the Early Christian era through ones built in the fifteenth century.  Although primarily a Christian site, it includes some pagan elements.  Supposedly, it was founded by Saint Maolcethair, son of the King of Ulster, who died at this site in 636.  He chose it because of its proximity to Mount Brandon, a pre-Christian religious symbol, and the pilgrim’s track which leads to Mount Brandon passes through Kilmalkedar.
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  • Religious images of the confraternities that often organise the religious celebrations. Every 3rd October La Valletta live its annual  White Night or Notte Bianca, when streets and squares host shows. The genesis of confraternities in Malta goes back to the XIV and XV century.
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  • Religious images of the confraternities that often organise the religious celebrations. Every 3rd October La Valletta live its annual  White Night or Notte Bianca, when streets and squares host shows. The genesis of confraternities in Malta goes back to the XIV and XV century.
    em8400036.jpg
  • Dingle peninsula. Kilmalkedar monastery, founded in the seventh century, is located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry and is spread out over ten acres.  The site contains a church, ogham stone, oratory, sundial, several cross-inscribed slabs, and two houses.  It includes structures built in the Early Christian era through ones built in the fifteenth century.  Although primarily a Christian site, it includes some pagan elements.  Supposedly, it was founded by Saint Maolcethair, son of the King of Ulster, who died at this site in 636.  He chose it because of its proximity to Mount Brandon, a pre-Christian religious symbol, and the pilgrim’s track which leads to Mount Brandon passes through Kilmalkedar. ogham stone. Ogham is is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the Old Irish language,.Founded in the seventh century, Kilmakedar is located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry and is spread out over ten acres.  The site contains a church, ogham stone, oratory, sundial, several cross-inscribed slabs, and two houses.  It includes structures built in the Early Christian era through ones built in the fifteenth century.  Although primarily a Christian site, it includes some pagan elements.  Supposedly, it was founded by Saint Maolcethair, son of the King of Ulster, who died at this site in 636.  He chose it because of its proximity to Mount Brandon, a pre-Christian religious symbol, and the pilgrim’s track which leads to Mount Brandon passes through Kilmalkedar.
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • For the Coras, a small indigenous people of the Sierra Madre, the Holy Week is the most important religious event of the year characterized with impressive ceremonies symbolising the struggle of Christ-Sun against darkness Devils connected with fertility cults. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate to the ceremonies
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  • The creatively painted Diablos Rojos bus (Red Devils) every day still travel the streets of Panamà with their low fares. This fleet of school buses, creatively transformed into works of art by their owners, are a unique aspect of Panamà City, a true cultural experience. Many buses have paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes, actresses, sport stars, politicians. The drivers choose their own routes and on the front of the bus is usually painted the destination. Music at high volume, poor ventilation and lack of security transform the buses in a uncomfortable transport system. Panamà’s governement is trying the put end to the legend of Diablos Rojos but Panamà expresses its popular culture through the bus painting, in the way murals do for other cities, so this expression of popular art could end in few years.
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  • The creatively painted Diablos Rojos bus (Red Devils) every day still travel the streets of Panamà with their low fares. This fleet of school buses, creatively transformed into works of art by their owners, are a unique aspect of Panamà City, a true cultural experience. Many buses have paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes, actresses, sport stars, politicians. The drivers choose their own routes and on the front of the bus is usually painted the destination. Music at high volume, poor ventilation and lack of security transform the buses in a uncomfortable transport system. Panamà’s governement is trying the put end to the legend of Diablos Rojos but Panamà expresses its popular culture through the bus painting, in the way murals do for other cities, so this expression of popular art could end in few years.
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  • Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in rancherias, small farms, in the slopes of Sierra Madre Central, in mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their social and religious traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism.
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  • Oxchùc, church of Santo Tomàs, where maya tzeltales still honour the old gods with ceremonies performed by traditional religious autoridades.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. The “fariseos” interpretes the part of “spanish”, the Jesus Christ’s enemies. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, “runners”, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Golden Gate on the northern section of the Roman wall. On the back the statue of St Gregory, a medieval Croatian bishop of Nin who strongly opposed the Pope and official circles of the Church and introduced the national language in the religious services
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  • Shop of religious articles  for the pilgrims, relating to the Mevlana's life. He was one of the most important mystical philosopehers of the history.
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  • Victoriano, the shaman (religious leader) of the  Guaranì Indian community of Guavirà-Poty near San Pedro, with a old violin near the Sacred House (Templo)  of the community. The violin, also revered as sacred, dates back to the time of reducciones, the missions founded by Jesuits  in the area from 1609 to the their expulsion from Latin America in 1767. Mbyà-Guaranì practice of musical traditions is very intense and unsurpassed by any other indigenous group in Argentina.
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  • Bari. Religious gadgets related with Saint Nicholas.
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  • Chefchaouen, or Chaouen, is noted for its buildings in shades of blue. Founded in 1471 Chefchaouen served as fortress for exiles from Spain. Over the centuries, the city grew and welcomed Jews. Chefchaouen's blue buildings have more religious  than stylistic reasons. Jewish teachers suggest that by dyeing thread with tekhelel (an ancient natural dye) and weaving it into prayer shawls, people would be reminded of God’s power.
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  • Chefchaouen, or Chaouen, is noted for its buildings in shades of blue. Founded in 1471 Chefchaouen served as fortress for exiles from Spain. Over the centuries, the city grew and welcomed Jews. Chefchaouen's blue buildings have more religious  than stylistic reasons. Jewish teachers suggest that by dyeing thread with tekhelel (an ancient natural dye) and weaving it into prayer shawls, people would be reminded of God’s power.
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  • The largest group of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in South America stands in a wild, spectacular landscape. Gods and mythical animals are skilfully represented in styles ranging from abstract to realist.
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  • The largest group of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in South America stands in a wild, spectacular landscape. Gods and mythical animals are skilfully represented in styles ranging from abstract to realist.
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  • The "Judios" paints their bodies simbolysing  the Evil forces and struggles in the streets looking for Jesus. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the “Jews”, the devil’s militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Creatively painted bus Diablos Rojos, Red Devils. Designs includes favorite saint, movie-star, cartoon character, driver's girlfriend name. The government projects new and more confortable bus, but a lot of people defends traditionals, and cheapers, old bus. One of most unique aspects of Panamà City, a true cultural experience, is a fleet of buses traditionally called diablos rojos, red devils, school buses creatively transformed into works of art by their owners in a folkloric style. Many buses have paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes, actresses, sport stars, politicians. The drivers choose their own routes and on the front of the bus is usually painted the destination. Music at high volume, poor ventilation and lack of security transform the buses in a uncomfortable transport system. In 2003 the red devils (two percent of all vehicles) caused 14 percent of traffic accidents. Panamà's governement is trying the put end to the legend of Diablos Rojos but Panamà expresses its popular culture through the bus painting, in the way murals do for other cities, so this expression of popular art could end in few years.
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  • Chichicastenango: religious Mayan ceremonies on the steps of Santo Tomàs church.
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  • The "Judios" paints their bodies simbolysing  the Evil forces and struggles in the streets looking for Jesus. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Holy Week. After the last battle the Evils forces, the Judea, are killed by the Capitanes that struggle to defend Jesus Christ against the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of the Mexican state of Nayarit . They still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies.
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  • Coras Holy Week, The day before the beginning of the Holy Week many Cora Indians weave palm leafs for the ceremonies. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Norbert Francis Attard in his Gozo studio. Attard is an an installation artist with an international reputation working in several disciplines such as painting, printing, sculpture, video and photography. His work combines social, cultural and political aspects together with overlays of scientific and religious themes, always using unorthodox materials, his creations constantly manifest a constant architect's disciplined eye for detail..Born in Malta in 1951, Attard now works from o.
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  • ?gantija is a two megalithic temple complex erected during the Neolithic Age more than 5500 years old, some of the world's oldest manmade religious structures. Together with other similar structures have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Students of religious school playing near Citadel.
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  • Otranto, religious ceremony for a new bishop in the old cathedral. Historically Otranto is the main catholic centre of Salento area.
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  • Otranto, religious ceremony for a new bishop. Historically Otranto is the main catholic centre of Salento area.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
    em2901044.jpg
  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
    em2901028.jpg
  • Pilgrimage day inside Hazrat-e Masumeh Holy Shrine. Iran’s second-holiest city after Mashhad, Qom (Ghom) is home to the magnificent Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine and the religious power of the clerics who have ruled the country since 1979. Shiite scholars and students come from across the world to study in its madrasehs (schools).
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  • For the Coras, a small indigenous people of the Sierra Madre, the Holy Week is the most important religious event of the year characterized with impressive ceremonies symbolising the struggle of Christ-Sun against darkness Devils connected with fertility cults. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate to the ceremonies
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. Religious shop. All the town's economy is related to Padre Pio.
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  • Coras women observe the battles between the "Judios" in the village's main square. The women doesn't partecipate actively to the Holy Week. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in rancherias, small farms, in the slopes of Sierra Madre Central, in mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their social and religious traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism.
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  • Sta Teresa del Nayar (Nayarit): Holy Friday’s procession. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the “Jews”, the devil’s militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Oxchùc, church of Santo Tomàs, where maya tzeltales still honour the old gods with ceremonies performed by traditional religious autoridades.
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  • Chichicastenango: religious Mayan ceremonies on the steps of Santo Tomàs church.
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  • Chichicastenango: religious Mayan ceremonies inside Santo Tomàs church.
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  • Chichicastenango: religious Mayan ceremonies on the steps of Santo Tomàs church.
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  • Oscar, one of the most renowned painters of Diablos Rojos, the Red Devils, the roaring multi-colored creatively painted buses that dominate Panamà City streets. One of most unique aspects of Panamà City, a true cultural experience, is a fleet of buses traditionally called diablos rojos, red devils, school buses creatively transformed into works of art by their owners in a folkloric style. Many buses have paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes, actresses, sport stars, politicians. The drivers choose their own routes and on the front of the bus is usually painted the destination. Music at high volume, poor ventilation and lack of security transform the buses in a uncomfortable transport system. In 2003 the red devils (two percent of all vehicles) caused 14 percent of traffic accidents. Panamà’s governement is trying the put end to the legend of Diablos Rojos but Panamà expresses its popular culture through the bus painting, in the way murals do for other cities, so this expression of popular art could end in few years.
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  • Creatively painted bus Diablos Rojos, Red Devils. Designs includes favorite saint, movie-star, cartoon character, driver’s girlfriend name. The government projects new and more confortable bus, but a lot of people defends traditionals, and cheapers, old bus. One of most unique aspects of Panamà City, a true cultural experience, is a fleet of buses traditionally called diablos rojos, red devils, school buses creatively transformed into works of art by their owners in a folkloric style. Many buses have paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes, actresses, sport stars, politicians. The drivers choose their own routes and on the front of the bus is usually painted the destination. Music at high volume, poor ventilation and lack of security transform the buses in a uncomfortable transport system. In 2003 the red devils (two percent of all vehicles) caused 14 percent of traffic accidents. Panamà’s governement is trying the put end to the legend of Diablos Rojos but Panamà expresses its popular culture through the bus painting, in the way murals do for other cities, so this expression of popular art could end in few years.
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  • Creatively painted bus Diablos Rojos, Red Devils. Designs includes favorite saint, movie-star, cartoon character, driver’s girlfriend name. The government projects new and more confortable bus, but a lot of people defends traditionals, and cheapers, old bus. One of most unique aspects of Panamà City, a true cultural experience, is a fleet of buses traditionally called diablos rojos, red devils, school buses creatively transformed into works of art by their owners in a folkloric style. Many buses have paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes, actresses, sport stars, politicians. The drivers choose their own routes and on the front of the bus is usually painted the destination. Music at high volume, poor ventilation and lack of security transform the buses in a uncomfortable transport system. In 2003 the red devils (two percent of all vehicles) caused 14 percent of traffic accidents. Panamà’s governement is trying the put end to the legend of Diablos Rojos but Panamà expresses its popular culture through the bus painting, in the way murals do for other cities, so this expression of popular art could end in few years.
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  • The creatively painted Diablos Rojos bus (Red Devils) every day still travel the streets of Panamà with their low fares. This fleet of school buses, creatively transformed into works of art by their owners, are a unique aspect of Panamà City, a true cultural experience. Many buses have paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes, actresses, sport stars, politicians. The drivers choose their own routes and on the front of the bus is usually painted the destination. Music at high volume, poor ventilation and lack of security transform the buses in a uncomfortable transport system. Panamà’s governement is trying the put end to the legend of Diablos Rojos but Panamà expresses its popular culture through the bus painting, in the way murals do for other cities, so this expression of popular art could end in few years.
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  • The creatively painted Diablos Rojos bus (Red Devils) every day still travel the streets of Panamà with their low fares. This fleet of school buses, creatively transformed into works of art by their owners, are a unique aspect of Panamà City, a true cultural experience. Many buses have paintings of religious icons, pop culture heroes, actresses, sport stars, politicians. The drivers choose their own routes and on the front of the bus is usually painted the destination. Music at high volume, poor ventilation and lack of security transform the buses in a uncomfortable transport system. Panamà’s governement is trying the put end to the legend of Diablos Rojos but Panamà expresses its popular culture through the bus painting, in the way murals do for other cities, so this expression of popular art could end in few years.
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  • San Juan Chamula, Romerillo’s cemetery. A impressive exemple of Mayan Chamula commities religious syncretism.
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  • Gerace, a perfectly preserved medieval town once home to 128 churches. The Norman Cathedral, the largest religious building in Calabria, including the prison of the Five Martyrs of Gerace (1045). It has a nave and two aisles, each divided by 13 columns coming from the ancient temples of Locri.
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  • The Duomo. The cathedral of Turin, designed by the tuscan Meo del Caprina da Settignano in the 15th century, is the only Renaissance example of religious architecture that there is in the city. Near the Duomo we can see the beautiful bell tower of San Giovanni; behind the church there is the dome of the Cappella della Sacra Sindone, designed by Guarino Guarini in the 17th century in order to house the sheet that apparently wrapped the corpse of Jesus after the Crucifixion. The dome is a masterpiece of the Baroque and was carried out with a series of superimposed arches that filtrate the light with evocative effects; it was seriously spoilt by a fire in 1997 and, at the moment, it is under repair.
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  • traditional religious holidays
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  • Shop of religious articles  for the pilgrims, relating to the Mevlana's life. He was one of the most important mystical philosopehers of the history.
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  • Shop of religious articles  for the pilgrims, relating to the Mevlana's life. He was one of the most important mystical philosopehers of the history.
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  • The "Judios" paints their bodies simbolysing  the Evil forces and struggles in the streets looking for Jesus. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the “Jews”, the devil’s militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • San Juan Chamula, Romerillo’s cemetery. A impressive exemple of Mayan Chamula commities religious syncretism.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. Religious shop. All the town's economy is related to Padre Pio.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. Religious shop. All the town's economy is related to Padre Pio.
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