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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7214_32_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7221_30_1_1.jpg
  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7215_36_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
    6908_36_1_1.jpg
  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7218_21_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
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  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7218_30_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines
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  • Pilgrims are crucified as part of the Easter, Holy Week celebrations. Kapitangan, Bulacan Province. The Philippines.
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  • Yoiung boys in London's British Museum play near the Ancient Greek Parthenon Metopes also knows as the Elgin Marbles. 92 Metopes were rectangular slabs placed over the columns of the Athens Parthenon temple depicting scenes from Greek mythology. The Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures (mostly by Phidias and his pupils), inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799–1803, obtained a controversial permit from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the Acropolis. From 1801 to 1812 Elgin's agents removed about half of the surviving sculptures of the Parthenon
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  • Girls in London's British Museum admire the Ancient Greek Parthenon Metopes also knows as the Elgin Marbles. 92 Metopes were rectangular slabs placed over the columns of the Athens Parthenon temple depicting scenes from Greek mythology. The Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures (mostly by Phidias and his pupils), inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799–1803, obtained a controversial permit from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the Acropolis. From 1801 to 1812 Elgin's agents removed about half of the surviving sculptures of the Parthenon
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  • Woman photographs photograps the Ancient Greek Parthenon Metopes also knows as the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum. 92 Metopes were rectangular slabs placed over the columns of the Athens Parthenon temple depicting scenes from Greek mythology. The Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures (mostly by Phidias and his pupils), inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799–1803, obtained a controversial permit from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the Acropolis. From 1801 to 1812 Elgin's agents removed about half of the surviving sculptures of the Parthenon
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  • Visitors in London's British Museum admire the Ancient Greek Parthenon Metopes also knows as the Elgin Marbles. 92 Metopes were rectangular slabs placed over the columns of the Athens Parthenon temple depicting scenes from Greek mythology. The Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures (mostly by Phidias and his pupils), inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799–1803, obtained a controversial permit from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the Acropolis. From 1801 to 1812 Elgin's agents removed about half of the surviving sculptures of the Parthenon
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  • Zhang Lin, 23 leading Yue opera performer from the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe during her night's performance together with an all womens cast of performers in a rural village close to Shaoxing City, Zhe Jiang province, China.                                She is one of the leading ights of Yue opera which as a form was born as late as the 1930's and she's been part of this troupe since she was 14. Today Yue opera like all traditional art forms faces stiff competition from television and all sorts of other entertainment and  as the troupe  no longer receive significant state funding, they must perform at least 150 times a year travelling far and wide across the country
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Inside the church awaiting the crucifiction of Christ on Good Friday.
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. The church in the village of Santiago Atitlan. Built on the site of a Maya temple, it is a mixture of Indian culture and Catholicism. Filled with the smoke of candles and incense, villagers pay their last respects to Christ before his "Crucifiction" on GoodFriday.
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  • Bishops in all their finery during the celebrations at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrim is dragged on his back to the shrine in the hope of blessings and miracles. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. The effigy of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon is visited by pilgrims during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Villagers wash the clothes of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon  during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Villagers waiting to watch the procession through the streets during Holy Week celebrations. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Villagers at the door to Saint Maximon's house. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Good Friday. 70 villagemen carry Christ's coffin through the streets of the village. The roads have been painstakingly decorated with biblical patters using coloured sawdust. Throughout the day and night, the procession will continue at a snails pace through the intricately decorated streets. Villagers await the arrival of the procession through the street.
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. On Good Friday in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala,seventy men carry Christ's coffin at a snail's pace from the church through the village. The procession continues for twenty hours, shuffling through the streets decorated with sawdust, coloured and poured into designs from biblical stories.
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  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • 2 girls holding wreaths at the procession marking the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoĊ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoĊ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims in t he church at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Girl silhouetted in archway as pilgrim sits by steps of the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. The crucifiction of Christ on Good Friday.
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Holy Week, Santiago Atitlan. Guatemala. 1998. Inside the church awaiting the crucifiction of Christ on Good Friday.
    7551_33_1_1.jpg
  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. The effigy of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon is given a cigarette during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
    7549_18_1_1.jpg
  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Men carry the symbolic coffin of Christ through the streets during Holy Week celebrations. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Cofradia in traditional dress gathering in Satiago Atitlan. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Palm Sunday celebrations during Holy Week. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Villagers preparing Biblical decorations with coloured sawdust to line the route of the Holy Week Procession. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Palm Sunday, Easter. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Villagers at the door to Saint Maximon's house. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Villagers at the door to Saint Maximon's house. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Palm Sunday celebrations. Easter, Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Men carry the symbolic coffin of Christ through the streets during Holy Week celebrations. Guatemala
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  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7361_3a_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoĊ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • A woman confessing, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • A group of young young girls dressed in white at the festival of the Assumption in Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • A pilgrim on her knees, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7321_18_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoĊ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • On the 16th of August, the mummy of St Gerasimos (the patron saint of the island}, is brought out from the monastery, and carried over pilgrims who through themselves on the ground before the procession. This is believed to have curative healing powers over the pilgrims. The monastery of Saint Gerasimos, Kefalonia, Greece. 16th August 1996
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  • On the 15th of August, The Feast of the Assumption, small harmless snakes appear in the village church. The snakes with the markings of a cross on their heads are believed by some to be an incarnation of the Virgin and are believed to have healing powers. The nakes disapear after the 15th. Markopoulo, Kephalonia, Greece, August 1996.
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims camping in the shrine at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Child is baptised in the holy waters of the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrim receives holy communion in the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims in t he church at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • The holy icon, the Megalokhari, is carried through the streets over the heads of pilgrims. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • A priest taking part in a ceremony at the Church of Panagia Evangelistria, Tinos, Greece. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Villagers wash the clothes of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon  during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. Catholicism and Maya Indian traditions meet inHoly Week. One of the Cofradia, a guardian of the saints stands guard. Guatemala
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  • Holy Week or Semana Santa, in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, is a mix of Catholicism blended with traditional Mayan culture. Semana Santa is the time where god sky (Jesucristo nahual) has been sacrificed and his twin brother god earth, the Rilaj Mam, or Maximon, takes over while Jesus awaits ressurection. The effigy of the "dirty eating" saint Maximon crucified during the Holy Week celebrations in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. His exact origin is unknown, but he is thought to be a blend of ancient Maya gods, Pedro de Alvarado and the biblical Judas. In return for taking on the problems of the people, he is offered cigarettes and alcohol to cleanse him from the sins and pain he has to take from visiting pilgrims.
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  • Pilgrims prepare to leave the church for Mary's tomb. The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoĊ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • A procession of priests and bishops. Tinos, Greece. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • White plaster or cement Goddess statuettes stand on sale on the forecourt of a garden art business in an Athens suberb, Marathonas Avenue - the original Marathon route of 490 BC. The mostly female figurines are in various poses but are all nudes and are in various gestures of a classical heroic style. Those in the foreground have their arms at the heads and moulded breasts and bodies to show the perfect female form while further to the back are male Gods placed on plinths and in recesses. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery.
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  • Fake classical Greek statues stand outside a night club in Nafplio, a former Byzantines, Frank, Venetian, and Ottoman coastal Peloponnese port town of 14,000 on the Argolic Gulf. The walls of this modern building seen near wasteland on the outskirts of town are made to look authentic but result in a false tourist style. There are three pieces of fake art that stand on well-watered grass: One of a nude Greek Goddess, a miniature lion in the middle and nearest the viewer is a naked figure of a man - muscular and classically posed as a heroic and mythical figure. Nafplio was also the first capital of independent Greece which was  destroyed in the 7th Century for its alliance with Sparta. This contemporary landscape is therefore bears no resemblance to its heritage.
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  • Fallen Ionic and Doric columns lay in the undergrowth at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and in the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery here. These fluted columns that date to about 400BC that now lie in the shade were originally piled on top of each other to construct - among other buildings too - the Temple of Zeus. There, the athletes made offerings to Nike, the Goddess of Victory before going out to compete in the many sports. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • A toilet sign sits near the standing Doric columns and tourists at Olympia's Palaestra or wrestling school. Here, training, instruction and bathing took place in the month before the Games. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Standing in the corner of a brightly sun-lit window, a classical reproduction bust is seen in a hotel foyer in the modern town of Olympia, the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal. Amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • On a partially-demolished building, a mural of the ancient  Goddess Nike remains chipped and scraped on an old restaurant wall. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers at the Temple of Zeus before competition but this site is in the heart of the modern town of Olympia that has grown up around the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • A day after Commons Speaker John Bercow announced his refusal to accept Prime Minster Theresa Mays third Brexit Meaningful Vote, a Brexiteer holds a sign that refers to the stables in which the mythical Argonaut King Augeas kept 3000 oxen, and which had not been cleaned for 30 years. The cleaning of these stables was accomplished by Hercules, on 19th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • A day after Commons Speaker John Bercow announced his refusal to accept Prime Minster Theresa Mays third Brexit Meaningful Vote, a Brexiteer holds a sign that refers to the stables in which the mythical Argonaut King Augeas kept 3000 oxen, and which had not been cleaned for 30 years. The cleaning of these stables was accomplished by Hercules, on 19th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • A statue of Atlas is seemingly about to drop the globe onto a person standing below, in the doorway of a City of London institution. Seen from across the street, we look at a wide view of number 1 King Street in the heart of the capital's financial district. The person holds a green folder, similar to the colour of the building's address panel - standing in the doorway talks on his smartphone unaware of the comical and otherwise, dangerous possibility of a heavy object about to fall on to his head.
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  • On the 16th of August, the mummy of St Gerasimos (the patron saint of the island}, is brought out from the monastery, and carried over pilgrims who through themselves on the ground before the procession. This is believed to have curative healing powers over the pilgrims. The monastery of Saint Gerasimos, Kefalonia, Greece. 16th August 1996
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  • On the 16th of August, the mummy of St Gerasimos (the patron saint of the island}, is brought out from the monastery, and carried over pilgrims who through themselves on the ground before the procession. This is believed to have curative healing powers over the pilgrims. The monastery of Saint Gerasimos, Kefalonia, Greece. 16th August 1996
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  • Tourists lunge over the original 4th century start/finish line in the stadium at Olympia. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet - or Stadion - from which we get the word 'stadium'. On the grassy bank in the background is where the seating once accommodated the many sporting pilgrims who travelled to this place from all over Greece during agreed truces in the weeks of the Olympic festival. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Ithaca, Greece. The Greek island is situated in the Ionian Sea off the northeast coast of Kefalonia. Since antiquity, Ithaca has been identified as the home of the mythological hero Odysseus.
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  • The still waters of the Ionian Sea as seen from Ithaca, Greece.. Ithaca, Greece. The Greek island is situated in the Ionian Sea off the northeast coast of Kefalonia. Since antiquity, Ithaca has been identified as the home of the mythological hero Odysseus.
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  • Gnarled trunk of olive tree. Ithaca, Greece. Ithaca, Greece. The Greek island is situated in the Ionian Sea off the northeast coast of Kefalonia. Since antiquity, Ithaca has been identified as the home of the mythological hero Odysseus.
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  • Crystal lear waters at Fillatro beach, Ithaca, Greece. The Greek island is situated in the Ionian Sea off the northeast coast of Kefalonia. Since antiquity, Ithaca has been identified as the home of the mythological hero Odysseus.
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  • Crystal lear waters at Fillatro beach, Ithaca, Greece. The Greek island is situated in the Ionian Sea off the northeast coast of Kefalonia. Since antiquity, Ithaca has been identified as the home of the mythological hero Odysseus.
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  • The still waters of the Ionian, Ithaca, Greece. The Greek island is situated in the Ionian Sea off the northeast coast of Kefalonia. Since antiquity, Ithaca has been identified as the home of the mythological hero Odysseus.
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