Nicol Vizioli | Editorial work for Mia le Journal | Coordination by Lost and Found Studio

“An ancient Mayan ritual, a cleansing of the soul, a one to one experience with Mother Nature.

This is what Italian photographer Nicol Vizioli captured on the 7th. of September, the Day of the Snake on the Mayan calendar, in a narrow street in Antigua, Guatemala.

The editorial portrayed how nature, the soul and raw beauty came together thanks to Guatemalan shaman Tzules Sunun.

With the help ofthe four elements of nature, Tzules covered Maryliz’s bare skin with soil, she burned candles and leaves to purify the soul and to honor the ancestors which created a soul-cleansing that ended with washing away Maryliz’s soil covered body with what Tzules called “agua ardiente”.

This little known ritual provides well being to the physical health and creates a natural conection with the person’s self and what surrounds it.

The ritual finished thanks to a light tropical rain proving how nature was present throughout the whole editorial and dictated when it was over too.

Rita Arevalo”