/ 2025 / Book / Documentary

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Naama Zeevi Rivlin, Israel
• Date of Photograph
  11/2021

On the holiday of the Chat, women have a central role, and throughout the entire week before the holiday, they labor to prepare offerings to the sun god - baskets filled with fruits and other goods. Each woman brings her offering to the pool near their homes.

On the evening of the holiday, an impressive prayer ceremony takes place, and the next morning, just before sunrise, the women immerse themselves in the river and present their offerings to the sun god. In return, the god will bless them with consecrated offerings and hopes for a year full of prosperity and goodness.