Mari people, a pagan beauty.


  • Photographer
    Raffaele Petralla
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Free lance
  • Date of Photograph
    2012/2014

There is a population with Finnish ancestors living in a rural area near Joshkar-ola, in the Republic of Mari-El, Russia. They are called Mari, speak a language belonging to the Ugro- Finnic and use a modified version of the Cyrillic alphabet. The Mari are the last pagan population of the West. They live in symbiotic relationship with nature, which is celebrated as the basis of their existence. Nature exerts a magical religiosity on people.The faith of the Mari worships the gods of the four natural elements.

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