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Simón del desierto [San Simeón del desierto / Simon of the Desert] (Luis Buñuel, 1965)
May
4
National Day Of Prayer
A young, bearded person in toga and a lamb pass Simón (Claudio Brook), praying on top of his pillar. DP: Gabriel Figueroa.
Simón is a stylite in the Syrian #desert on top of a pillar, close to God, #praying. People gather and pray to him, Simón. Simón prays for the people, the animals, himself.
“Come down off that column. Taste earthly pleasures till you've had your fill. Till the very word pleasure fills you with nausea.”
– The Devil
As with anyone who believes in the concept of #sin, or desires to be free of sin, sin comes to Simón.
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Holy Ghost People (Peter Adair, 1967)
Jan
28
Rattlesnake Roundup Day
A man holds up a live rattlesnake in front of a congregation. DP: Peter Adair.
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Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Todor Dinov & Christo Christov, 1969)
Jan
15
World Religion Day
Icon maker Raphe (Dimitar Tashev) and Katerina (Violeta Gindeva) surrounded by the icon stand. The Holy Virgin can be seen in the background. DP: Atanas Tasev.
The cyclical story of the Christ envisioned as an icon maker, the creator of sacred images of the saints and the Holy.
When you know what to look for – the significance of bread, the judgement of the Pantocrator, the wheel that begets martyrs – Иконостасът speaks the language of the people, not of the ecclesiastic.
