Venezuela
Add to LightboxUnder the command of a santeria pristess (in red) 21-year-old Andrea Gómez lies in a ¨healing gate" to heal her psychological pregnancyy in the Sorte Mountains in Yaracuy State, the center of popular religions in Venezuela. Picture is part of an essay by Howard Yanes The Borders of Faith in Venezuela. Howard says :"This are religions or beliefs from which no one speaks clearly but everydoby knows they exist. Everybody pretends they are irrelevant, some of them even could laugh about this beliefs but nobody would dare to remove those pieces of voodoo ceremony you can find at any cementery, or to close down the illegal shops selling animals for sacrifice."
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- Howard Yanez/Archivolatino
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- Faith