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  • MONGOLIA. Darhad Valley. "Ovo" shrine above Lake Dood Noor, where travelers leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.
    MGe 060704-218.jpg
  • A sacred "ovo"shrine where travelers leave offerings in Yolyn Am, a canyon called "The Vulture's Mouth" in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
    MGe 080712-163.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Darhad Valley. "Ovo" shrine above Lake Dood Noor, where travelers leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.
    MGe 060704-219.jpg
  • An "Ovo" shrine lies above Lake Dood Noor,  in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley. Travelers revere these sites and often leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.  Here, the crutches may be either from someone who was cured from a broken bone, or from someone deceased.
    MGe 060704-217.jpg
  • An offering of abandoned crutches (possibly from a deceased person) lies atop an "ovo" monument near ancient petroglyphs above northern Mongolia's Lake Dood Noor.  Spiritual offerings like these arise from a blend of Tibetan Buddhism, Animism and Shamanism
    MGe 060704-212.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Darhad Valley. "Ovo" shrine atop a small pass, where travelers leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.
    MGe 060702-054.jpg
  • An "Ovo" shrine lies above Lake Dood Noor,  in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley. Travelers revere these sites and often leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.  Here, the crutches may be either from someone who was cured from a broken bone, or from someone deceased.
    MGe 060704-216.jpg
  • An "Ovo" shrine lies above Lake Dood Noor,  in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley. Travelers revere these sites and often leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.  Here, the crutches may be either from someone who was cured from a broken bone, or from someone deceased.
    MGe 060704-216.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. An "ovo" monument atop a prominent pass, where travelers leave eclectic Tibetan Buddhist & animistic offerings for luck.
    MG 3212.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. "Ovo" shrine atop a small pass, where travelers leave talismans, such as sculls of prized horses or religious artifacts.
    MG 1462.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  Offering of a prized horse skull and vodka bottle near an "ovo" monument and ancient petroglyphs above Lake Dood Noor.  This practice is a blend of Tibetan Buddhism, Animism and Shamanism
    MGe 060704-210.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  Offerings of scarves and money near an "ovo" monument and ancient petroglyphs above Lake Dood Noor.  This practice is a blend of Tibetan Buddhism, Animism and Shamanism
    MGe 060704-208.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  Offerings of scarves and money near an "ovo" monument and ancient petroglyphs above Lake Dood Noor.  This practice is a blend of Tibetan Buddhism, Animism and Shamanism
    MGe 060704-207.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. "Ovo" Monument atop Utreg Pass, built for nomad who perished there. Horidol Saridog Mts.
    MG 6102.jpg
  • An offering of a prized horse skull and a vodka bottle sit on a rock near an "ovo" monument and ancient petroglyphs above Lake Dood Noor, in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley.  Offerings like this are a blend of Tibetan Buddhism, Animism and Shamanism
    MGe 060704-211.jpg
  • An offering of a prized horse skull and a vodka bottle sit on a rock near an "ovo" monument and ancient petroglyphs above Lake Dood Noor, in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley.  Offerings like this are a blend of Tibetan Buddhism, Animism and Shamanism
    MGe 060704-209.jpg