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Spotlight: Carlos Becerra Captures the Cult of Maria Lionza

By David Schonauer   Monday March 12, 2018


In 2014, Caracas-based freelance photographer Carlos Becerra  began traveling to Sorte, the mountain in western Venezuela that is home to the cult of Maria Lionza, a deity with indigenous, African and Christian roots whose devotees can be found throughout Venezuelan society. Pilgrims journey to Sorte to pay homage to …

Dispatches from Latin America