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China, october 2009. North ouest of Yunnan province.
Cizhong village, whose majority of inhabitants are tibetan, often converted to catholism, due to the historical presence of french and belgium priests.
Tibetan catholic believers in the church led by Father yao Fei.
Johana, 68 (in the center of the picture), is a tibetan woman converted to catholism. She doesn't know her chinese nor tibetan name. She goes everyday to church and comes originally from Sichuan province. She got two sons, whose one is catholic and one atheist, and two daughters, both catholics. 
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