Izrael: samarytańska uroczystość poświęcenia [GALERIA]

Członkowie starożytnej społeczności samarytańskiej podczas rytuału poświęcenia, który jest częścią uroczystości z okazji Paschy Samarytańskiej, w ich najświętszym miejscu na górze Garizim, niedaleko Nablus. Zgodnie z tradycją, Samarytanie są potomkami Żydów którzy nie zostali deportowani, gdy Asyryjczycy podbili Izrael w 722 pne. Mała społeczność liczy około 780 osób, połowa z nich mieszka w wiosce na górze Garizim, w pobliżu palestyńskiego miasta Nablus, a reszta w Holon niedaleko Tel Awiwu w Izraelu.

epa06701913 Member of the ancient Samaritan community insert their skewered Passover sacrifices into the oven during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank,29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701915 Member of the ancient Samaritan community carry his skewered Passover sacrifices during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701916 Member of the ancient Samaritan community insert their skewered Passover sacrifices into the oven during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank,29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701920 Members of the Samaritan community sacrifice animals during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701921 Members of the ancient Samaritan community during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

Członkowie starożytnej społeczności samarytańskiej podczas rytuału poświęcenia, który jest częścią uroczystości z okazji Paschy Samarytańskiej, w ich najświętszym miejscu na górze Garizim, niedaleko Nablus. Zgodnie z tradycją, Samarytanie są potomkami Żydów którzy nie zostali deportowani, gdy Asyryjczycy podbili Izrael w 722 pne. Mała społeczność liczy około 780 osób, połowa z nich mieszka w wiosce na górze Garizim, w pobliżu palestyńskiego miasta Nablus, a reszta w Holon niedaleko Tel Awiwu w Izraelu. Fot. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701923 Members of the Samaritan kids watching their sheeps during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

Członkowie starożytnej społeczności samarytańskiej podczas rytuału poświęcenia, który jest częścią uroczystości z okazji Paschy Samarytańskiej, w ich najświętszym miejscu na górze Garizim, niedaleko Nablus. Zgodnie z tradycją, Samarytanie są potomkami Żydów którzy nie zostali deportowani, gdy Asyryjczycy podbili Izrael w 722 pne. Mała społeczność liczy około 780 osób, połowa z nich mieszka w wiosce na górze Garizim, w pobliżu palestyńskiego miasta Nablus, a reszta w Holon niedaleko Tel Awiwu w Izraelu. Fot. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

epa06701926 Members of the ancient Samaritan community during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701927 Members of the ancient Samaritan community during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701929 Member of the ancient Samaritan community carry his skewered Passover sacrifices during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701930 Members of the Samaritan community sacrifice animals during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701931 Members of the Samaritan community sacrifice animals during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701933 Members of the Samaritan community sacrifice animals during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701934 Members of the Samaritan community sacrifice animals during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701935 Members of the ancient Samaritan community during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06701936 Members of the Samaritan community sacrifice animals during the ritual of Sacrifice, part of a Samaritan Passover holiday ceremony, at their most sacred site at Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, West Bank, 29 April 2018. According to tradition, the Samaritans are descendants of the Jews who were not deported when the Assyrians conquered Israel in 722 BC. The small community numbers about 780 people, half of them live in a village at Mount Gerizim, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, and the rest in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel. EPA/ATEF SAFADI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.