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Archive - Maria Lionza, La Diosa de los ojos de agua 

"The air hangs heavy, thick with incense. Candles litter the ground. Bare-chested men, glistening with sweat, huddle together. Ethereal shrieks ring out. Women, their eyes closed, their faces taut, suck deeply on cigars. A wizened shaman, a red bandanna around his head, clutches the neck of a beautiful girl, his knife poised midair, ready to strike. Men and women lie entwined, their bodies dusted with flowers.

This is Sorte mountain in northwest Venezuela, home to the mysterious cult of Maria Lionza, a syncretic, deeply religious movement that combines spirit possession, black magic, esoteric... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2002

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2006

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2008

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2007

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2007

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2004

VENEZUELA. State of Yaracuy. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2008

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2007

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2008

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2004

VENEZUELA. State of Yaracuy. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2007

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2006

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2007

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2000

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2006

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2002

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2002

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2004

VENEZUELA. State of Yaracuy. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2002

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2004

VENEZUELA. State of Yaracuy. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2006

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2006

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2005

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2004

VENEZUELA. State of Yaracuy. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2006

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2004

VENEZUELA. State of Yaracuy. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 2000

VENEZUELA. Yaracuy state. Sorte mountain. Maria Lionza cult.... 

Cristina Garcia Rodero 1999

VENEZUELA. State of Yaracuy. Sorte mountain. 1999. An act to... 
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