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First Place
Annalisa Natali Murri
Freelance

"CINDERELLAS"

Second Place
Aaron Huey
Freelance for National Geographic Magazine

"IN THE SHADOW OF WOUNDED KNEE"

Third Place
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
Freelance

"SYRIA, TWELVE MONTHS INSIDE THE REVOLUTION"

Award of Excellence
Alejandro Cartagena
Freelance for Newsweek

"LABOR MOVEMENT"

Award of Excellence
Tatiana Plotnikova
Freelance for Russian Reporter Magazine

"THE MARI - THE LAST PAGANS OF EUROPE"

Award of Excellence
Tatiana Plotnikova
Freelance for Russian Reporter Magazine

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"THE MARI - THE LAST PAGANS OF EUROPE"

Mari man cleans his axe with fire after all rituals have finished. The Mari, a people of roughly half a million, are said to be Europe’s last pagans. They are considered to come in Volga area from Eastern Europe some thousands years ago. The Mari faith traditionally knows no written scriptures and no sacred edifices, “Nature is our temple”. To get the gods help Mari people do their prayers in sacred groves, where some feasts include the ritual slaughter of animals as sacrifice. In Mari-El, the Mari Traditional Religion is recognized as one of three traditional faiths, along with Christianity and Islam. Indeed, unnoticed by much of the outside world, the Mari faith has made a remarkable recovery since the end of Soviet Union.

 

 

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