Corpus Christi Day

Chayane da Silva, nine, poses in her angel outfit in Sao Goncalo, about 15 miles east of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 3, 1999. Da Silva and other young girls dressed as angels to participat in the Corpus Christi procession, which ended at the church with a Mass. The traditional Mass re-affirms the Catholic belief in the eucarist: bread and wine as the symbol of Christs body and blood.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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Chayane da Silva, nine, poses in her angel outfit in Sao Goncalo, about 15 miles east of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 3, 1999. Da Silva and other young girls dressed as angels to participat in the Corpus Christi procession, which ended at the church with a Mass. The traditional Mass re-affirms the Catholic belief in the eucarist: bread and wine as the symbol of Christs body and blood.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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