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  • Ricardo Perez pauses to survey the crowd during a peaceful Thanksgiving march to honor immigrant rights, put on by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), an immigration rights group based in Los Angeles, California. The march took place in North Hollywood, California, on November 25, 2009. Some marchers, including Perez, carried white crosses to represent those who died attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border during the previous year. The crosses are labeled with the names of men and women, their age, and the approximate date of their death. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Luis Ramon Lopez Pelegrino emerges from a swim in the ocean along the Malecon (the seafront wall and walkway bordering the city) in Havana, Cuba, displaying a recently-inked tattoo identifying him as a member of the Abakua or Abakuá (various spellings are used). The Abakua is an all-male, initiatory secret society of Afro-Cuban religion. The first such societies were established by Africans in the town of Regla, Havana, in 1836, and this remains the main area of Abakuá presence, including the district of Guanabacoa in eastern Havana. Abakua presence is also strong  in the city of  Matanzas, several hours east of Havana, where Afro-Cuban culture is vibrant. The Abakua societies, whose traditions were brought by African slaves imported to Cuba, are believed to have originated from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • Religious participants of the Candomblé religion, engaging in traditional song, dance, and prayers, take to the beaches of the neighborhood of Rio Vermelho, in Salvador, Brazil in celebrationg of the Festa de Iemanjá, or Festival of Yemayá. The festival is a celebration of the Candomblé deity, or orixás, Iemenjá, who is a goddess of the sea and embodies the feminine principle.  The religious bring offerings to Iemenjá, which are sent out to sea and dropped in the water by boats waiting on the shore for this purpose. It is believed that offerings which are not returned to shore by the sea over the following days are deemed accepted by Iemenjá. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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  • A male folkloric dancer dances an Orisha, or,  in Portuguese, Orixás, a diety in the Candomblé religion, at a pubic performance in the village of Morro de São Paulo, Bahia, Brazil. Photo by Jen Klewitz
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