Desacralization – Terra Santa

Fin dalla sua nascita, ogni religione che si rispetti ha sempre mantenuto uno stretto collegamento con i suoi luoghi sacri. Anche se con il tempo i mezzi di trasporto sono molto cambiati, i pellegrini perseguono ancora lo stesso medesimo fine da centinaia di anni: abbandonano per un certo periodo i proprio affetti, il proprio lavoro, i propri pensieri abituali alla ricerca di un collegamento diretto con il sacro, sia per venerazione, penitenza o fondamento del proprio credo. Oggigiorno però, grazie alla diminuzione dei costi, dei tempi e dei rischi connessi, il pellegrinaggio si vede spesso intrecciato al turismo di massa, anche a causa di una progressiva desacralizzazione delle culture occidentali.
Questo reportage fotografico fa parte di un progetto a lungo termine proprio su questo fenomeno sociale. Analizza e distingue gli atteggiamenti e le motivazioni che portano persone appartenenti a culture anche molto diverse a ritrovarsi a pregare nello stesso luogo. Il tutto inserito in una grande e rumorosa cornice turistica.

pilgrims&turists1 Turists out of the Nativity Church in Bethlem

pilgrims&turists2 Orthodox celebration in the Nativity Church in Bethlem

pilgrims&turists3 Turists blessed by an orthodox pope in the Nativity Church in Bethlem

pilgrims&turists4 Turist, or pilgrim, putting her fingers in a column with a cross in the Nativity Church of Bethlem

pilgrims&turists5 Turists in the Nativity Church of Bethlem

pilgrims&turists6 Pilgrims praying next to the people queue to visit the Grotto of the Nativity

pilgrims&turists7 Turists on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem

pilgrims&turists8 A turist and a hebrew orthodox in front of the Western Wall

pilgrims&turists9 A souvenir shop in Jerusalem

pilgrims&turists10 Turists in the Western Wall Square

pilgrims&turists11 Turists and pilgrims at the Stone of the Anointing in the Holy Sepulchre, where the tradition claims to be the spot where Jesus' body was prepared for burial. Everything put on it become blessed.

pilgrims&turists12 Turists in the Ntivity Church of Bethlem

pilgrims&turists13 Pilgrims at the Altar of the Crucifixion, Calvary, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

pilgrims&turists14 Pilgrims in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

pilgrims&turists15 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in front of the Sepulchre full of turists

pilgrims&turists16 A pilgrim in the Church of the Tomb of the Virgin

pilgrims&turists17 Pilgrim in the Nativity Church of Bethlem

pilgrims&turists18 Little girl in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

pilgrims&turists19 Pilgrim in the Nativity Church of Bethlem

pilgrims&turists20 Pilgrim in front of the Holy Sepulcher

pilgrims&turists21 A pilgrims in the Church of the Tomb of the Virgin

pilgrims&turists22 Turist and pilgrim in a quiet area of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

pilgrims&turists23 Pilgrims praying with a Sister of the Milk Grotto Church

pilgrims&turists24 The Basilica of the Agony

pilgrims&turists25 A painted crucifix in the Church of the Tomb of the Virgin

pilgrims&turists26 Nobody in the Grotto of Gethsemane, tradition claims to be the place where Jesus often prayed

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