'Europe's Last Pagans' Worship in Marii-El Grove

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Nikolaus von Twickel / The Moscow Times

MARISOLA, Marii-El Republic -- More than 50 worshippers gathered in a sacred grove on a hot June afternoon outside the village of Marisola. The crowd, mostly women dressed in national costumes and colorful headscarves, stood on a glade opposite a spruce where men were busy conducting prayers.

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