VENEZUELA-RELIGION-SANTERIA

VENEZUELA-RELIGION-SANTERIA

People take part in a spiritual ceremony in the mountains of Sorte in Yaracuy, west of Caracas on October 12, 2014. Santeria and Spiritualism is a popular belief in Venezuela, which mixes African and Catholic deities. On October 12, Day of Indigenous Resistance, it is tradition to pray to Mary Lionza dancing on hot coals. AFP PHOTO/ FEDERICO PARRA