Estonian amateur photographer Epp Libe was awarded the €1300 Grand Prize of the ninth International Sacred Groves Photography Contest for her photo of a sacred spring on Vormsi Island. The winning photograph is an enchanting capture of the algae-covered spring, a place for healing and making offerings, a picture which invites us to dive into the secrets of ancient sacred sites.
The 2016 Sacred Groves Photography Contest is open until the end of this month, October 31st. The theme of the contest, held now for the ninth year in a row, is sacred natural (not man-made) sites: sacred groves and hills, water bodies, trees, stones and other natural objects, where people went to pray, heal, sacrifice and perform other rituals even well before the 20th century.
Tõnis Lukas, Director General of the Estonian National Museum and patron of the Sacred Groves Photography Contest, invited all heritage-minded people to photograph sacred sites. “Your participation in the Sacred Groves contest will help preserve a rare and valuable part of Estonian and world heritage. The National Museum has supported the contest before and continues to do so this year. Submit your photos and be sure to take part in the beautiful prize ceremony in the new Estonian National Museum building on 3 December 2016. Everybody with an interest in heritage is kindly welcome,” said Lukas.
An international photography contest, dedicated to historical sacred natural sites, is commencing. The goal of the contest is to commemorate the cultural and natural heritages of sacred natural sites, to record their current state, as well as to encourage people to visit and care for the sacred sites.
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