Subtotal	$0
Tax	$0

Society

Maria Lionza: The Goddess of Springs

Continuing her documentation of religious rites and practices, Spanish photographer Cristina Garcia Rodero documents the people of Venezuela who follow the cult of Maria Lionza

Cristina García Rodero

Cristina García Rodero Lionza cult. Invocation at Saint Juan of Aguas. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Coronation by the Yaracuy river. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero The promise of a Friday saint. Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. The first trance. Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. The transfer of energy. Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. The dagger of liberation. Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. Spiritual development. Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2004. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. Sorcery. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2007. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Spirits in the night. Venezuela. 2008. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. Purification. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2005. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. The handing over of the body to the Spirits. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. The defeat of Evil. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. Between the heavens and the Earth. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. The farewell to Erika the Viking. Sorte mountain, State of Yaracuy, Venezuela. 2004. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. Flames against the madness. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

Cristina García Rodero Maria Lionza cult. A collective vigil for strength. Sorte mountain, Yaracuy state, Venezuela. 2006. © Cristina García Rodero | Magnum Photos

View all