Students walk toward the original Indian Chapel at the San Nicolas Tolentino Temple and Ex-Monastery in Actopan, Hidalgo, Mexico. During colonial times the Roman Catholic church forbid indigenous people from entering the church until they were baptized.

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Location: Actopan, Hildago, Mexico
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
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