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Photo Title

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Photographer/Creator

Sylwia Kapuscinski

Collection

Publisher

Detroit Free Press

Caption/Description

Baptism In Tigris River, 3/18/04 Sheik Basaam Kaleel of Baghdad, 41, baptizes Osama Omar of Baghdad, 11, left, on the first day of the annual Golden Day of Baptism in Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, March 18, 2004. Mandeans are a small pre-Christian sect that view the John the Baptist as their savior. The religion combines some aspects of Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Gnosticism.

Citation

Sylwia Kapuscinski, "No title," in POYi Archive, Item #34816, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/34816 (accessed November 23, 2024).

Date Added

07.06.2008