Members of a Zioni church sect walk through summer grass on their way to their outdoor worship space - circular areas cleared and smoothed to allow for their ecstatic dancing, Melville Koppie, Johannesburg 2007. Photo Greg Marinovich
Members of a Zioni church sect walk through summer grass on their way to their outdoor worship space - circular areas cleared and smoothed to allow for their ecstatic dancing, Melville Koppie, Johannesburg 2007. Photo Greg Marinovich
A Members of a Zionist church worship under trees, Melville Koppies, Johannesburg, 2006. photo Greg Marinovich
A member of a Zioni sect dressed in hand sewn church garb listens to a church leader on Melville Koppie, Johannesburg 2007. Photo Greg Marinovich
Members of a Zioni sect dressed in hand sewn church garb and carrying the charactaristic sticks listens to a church leader on the church's earthern ceremonial space on Melville Koppie, Johannesburg 2007. Photo Greg Marinovich
Members of a Zioni church sect drum as others dance in their outdoor worship space - circular areas cleared and smoothed to allow for their ecstatic dancing, Melville Koppie, Johannesburg 2007. Photo Greg Marinovich
Members of a Zioni church sect on Melville Koppies, Johannesburg, 2007. Photo Greg Marinovich
Zioni women pray atop a rock at Melville Koppies, Johannesburg 2007. photo Greg Marinovich
A female member of a Zioni sect reads a bible under a shelter of plastic sheet alongside rocks on Melville Koppie, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007. photo Greg Marinovich
A female member of a Zioni sect reads a bible under a shelter of plastic sheet alongside rocks on Melville Koppie, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007. photo Greg Marinovich
A candle and a twisted, knotted and charred cotton cloth remain on the high rocks of Melville Koppies in Johannesburg, South Africa., after a night ritual by members of a Zioni church sect, 2007. photo Greg Marinovich
Members of a Zioni sect heat the skins on drums used for worship ceremonies in which they participate in the charactaristic rapid, swirling dances on circular spaces cleared and smoothed at Melville Koppie, Johannesburg 2007. Photo Greg Marinovich
A Zioni church member sleeps on a rock among charred grass and bushes after a night of outdoor worship, Melville Koppie, Johannesburg 2006. Photo Greg Marinovich
Members of a Zioni church sect gather at their outdoor worship space under a tree with spring flowers at Johannesburg's Melville Koppies, 2006. Photo Greg Marinovich
Men alongside the plastic sheet they used for shelter at Melville Koppies, Johannesburg 2007. They said that participated in Zionist religious ceremonyies overnight. photo Greg Marinovich
A member of a Zioni sect undergoes a steam ritual under a plastic sheet at the Melville Koppies, Johannesburg, 2007, photo Greg Marinovich
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