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I just found this image and words cannot describe how much I love it. I don’t know where it’s from, but it looks like he’s having a jolly time

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Matka Joanna od Aniolów, Mother Joan of the Angels Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1961

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The Fifth Seal (Az ötödik pecsét) | 1976 | Zoltán Fábri | Hungarian People's Republic

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Missionary school in Ndona, Flores Island, Indonesia

Dutch vintage postcard

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Church of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Krakow, Jerzy Petelenz, 1983-95. Photography by Lukáš Jasanský and Martin Polák.

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ritual magazine no. 11

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on one hand, i don’t think Mary was a child when she gave birth, and I don’t like the insistence by non Christians that Mary’s pregnancy was statutory rape and forced impregnation, as it’s historically and theologically unsound and only used as a ‘gotcha!’ instead of a jumping board for real discussion. but also, I think that in this day and age, the narrative of an impoverished, unmarried teenager having an unplanned pregnancy that just so happens to be Divine represents the spirit of the gospels far better than a Mary bathed in white light dressed in gold with perfect curls as she cradles a white blond Jesus to her chest

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weaver at work, ramallah, palestine, c. 1900 (source: palestine remembered)

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1920s vintage uzbek suzani / source

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Bandari woman/ Qeshm Island/ Persian gulf

Photos: Rana khadem

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Beniamino Servino -  Santa Romana Ecclesia

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Sana'a, Yemen, 1941. Daniel van der Meulen

This architectural style has remained generally unchanged for hundreds of years.

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Polish People's Republic (1980s) - Bruno Barbey

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Lol I've forgotten description. Those are the books I read past 2 month-ish.

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Ethnic Russian shaman Vera inside the Tos Deer (nine skies) shaman association. Photographed the Siberian town of Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva, Russia by A. Abbas. 2001.

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Kabardian Girl Weaving a Traditional Ardzhen (Арджен)

Ardzhen is a traditional woven mat of the Circassian people, made from flexible natural materials, primarily marsh grass. Traditionally, ardzhen mats served both practical and symbolic purposes, used as floor coverings, bedding, or decorative elements, and woven by women to demonstrate skill, patience, and readiness for marriage. In the early 21st century, the craft experienced a revival thanks to the efforts of cultural enthusiasts.

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Inside Siberia’s isolated community of forgotten women. Photographed by Oded Wagenstein.

“In the remote village of Yar-Sale in Northern Siberia, live a group of elderly women. They were once part of a nomadic community of reindeer herders. However, in their old age, they spend most of their days in seclusion, isolated from the world they loved and their community. While men are usually encouraged to remain within the migrating community and maintain their social roles, the women often face the struggles of old age alone.It took a flight, a sixty-hour train ride from Moscow, and a seven-hour bone-breaking drive across a frozen river to meet them. I immersed myself in their closed community, and for days, over many cups of tea, they shared their stories, lullabies, and longings with me.On this series, the memories of the past, represented by the images of the outside world, are combined with the portraits of current reality.

By doing so, I tried to give their stories a visual representation. One that could last after they are already gone.  

(*Like Last Year’s Snow is a Yiddish expression – referring to something which is not relevant anymore)”

- Oded Wagenstein