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sábado, 26 de julho de 2014

Fotos deslumbrantes de feiticeiros e curandeiros revelam a diversidade espiritual da Bolívia

Breathtaking Photos Of Witch Doctors And Healers Reveal The Spiritual Diversity Of Bolivia

no Huffington Post


Os artistas Thomas Rousset e Raphaël Verona viajaram por toda a região do Altiplano da Bolívia por uma razão muito específica. 

Eles queriam fotografar a diversidade espiritual surpreendente das extensões da América do Sul sem acesso ao mar, capturando retratos dos curandeiros, feiticeiros e homens dos remédios que mantêm a cultura mística tradicional viva. Vivendo em um belo espaço entre o passado religioso do país e seu presente que avança rapidamente, estes figuras representam o realismo mágico, no século 21.

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From a snapshot of masked women lounging beside an antenna-equipped television to a crowded storage room packed to the brim with curious relics, Rousset and Verona's series reveals a quietly fascinating religious realm not often seen by Western audiences. Many of the images are staged, populated by merchants and makers of ritual objects in places like La Paz, Oruro, and Potosi. This includes a plethora of indigenous peoples, such as the Aymara, a politically active group descended from pre-Inca ancestors.
The photos, collected together in a book titled Waska Tatay, are marked by their merging of yesterday and today. Traditional costumes, rites and totems exist in the same frames as cell phones, electrical cords and plastic trash bags. The juxtaposition of then and now seems to effortlessly mimic a tension between good and evil, illuminating the real complexity of an aging culture.
"The use of the word 'witch' derives from the Spanish colonization," the artists explained in an interview with Hot Shoe International. "And from the Catholic Church in which men communicate with the divine through intermediates: With God through a Priest and the Church, and with the Devil through witches and witchcraft. However the Altiplanic belief system is much more complex, not conforming to such a black/white dichotomy. For them the mortal world is porous."
Check out a preview of Waska Tatay below and head over to IDPURE's website to learn more about the book.

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