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  • A Kyrgiz nomad leads Bactrian a camel train carrying equipment for a  group trekking the in Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.  7546-meter Mustagh Ata rises in the background.
    CX 5010.jpg
  • A Kyrgyz nomad family cooks outside thier mud summer hut below 7546-meter [mount] Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5406.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Kyrgyz nomad rides Bactrian camel in the Pamir Mountains near Lake Karakul
    CX 6006.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides Bactrian camel near Lake Karakul in arid valley of Pamir Mountains.
    CX 5565.jpg
  • A Kyrgiz nomad and his son ride a horse up a sandy moraine below 7719-meter (Mount) Kongur Shanin in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang China.
    CX 4989.jpg
  • Khyrgiz nomad children laugh with their family in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang province in far-western China. 7,546-meter [Mount] Mustagh Atatowers in the background.
    CX 4963.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides Bactrian camel near Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mts.) bkg.
    CX 4913.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides by Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mountains)
    CX 4540.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Buddhist nomad in tent north of Annapurna massif.
    AA 4009.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides Bactrian camel near Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 4904.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides by Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mountains)
    CX 4533.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  A nomadic shepherd moves her family's flock near their temporary summer corrals.  The Horidal Saridag Mountains and other families' yurts (gers) are in the background.
    MGe 060706-014.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  A nomadic shepherd moves her family's flock near their temporary summer corrals.  The Horidal Saridag Mountains and other families' yurts (gers) are in the background.
    MGe 060706-013.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  A nomadic family guides its sheep up a rugged trail below Horidol Pass in Horidol Saridag Mountains during annual fall migration to Lake Hovsgol.
    MG 4150.jpg
  • A nomadic Tibetan woman, dressed in her finest jewelry, spins wool during a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
    CF 2451.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
    CF 2447.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  A nomadic shepherd moves her family's flock near their temporary summer corrals.  The Horidal Saridag Mountains and other families' yurts (gers) are in the background.
    MGe 060706-017.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  A nomadic shepherd moves her family's flock near their temporary summer corrals.  The Horidal Saridag Mountains and other families' yurts (gers) are in the background.
    MGe 060706-015.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after a woman once humiliated male wrestlers by beating them.
    MGe 060626-182.jpg
  • Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country and many youngsters do it every day, just for fun.
    MGe 060626-160.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. After watching a traditional horse race ridden by children such as those in the background, a nomadic herder crouches beside judge as he prepares to wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after a woman once humiliated male wrestlers by beating them.  The motorcycle is a sign of rapidly changing times for these herders.
    MGe 060626-131.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after a woman once humiliated male wrestlers by beating them.
    MGe 060626-130.jpg
  • Nomadic herders at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-094.jpg
  • Nomadic herders at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-092.jpg
  • Nomadic herders tend to their family's stallions after a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival on a remote passnear Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-083.jpg
  • Nomadic herders tend to their family's stallions after a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-082.jpg
  • Young nomadic herders at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-054.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Nomadic Kyrgyz camel driver in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 5658.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Kyrgiz nomads leads Bactrian camel train for adventure travel trekking group in Pamir Mountains. 7719m Kongur Shan bkg.
    CX 5118.jpg
  • CHINA. Xinjiang. Nomadic Kyrgyz women prepare tea and lamb fat for dinner inside felt-lined "akoi" (yurt) near Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 4414.jpg
  • Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress humiliated her warriors by beating them. Here, after surviving multiple challenges, Batjargal Khadbaatar ("Khada"), wins the meet.
    MGe 060626-183.jpg
  • Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress humiliated her warriors by beating them.
    MGe 060626-180.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after a woman once humiliated male wrestlers by beating them.
    MGe 060626-178.jpg
  • Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country and many youngsters do it every day, just for fun.
    MGe 060626-167.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and is playfully practiced on a regular basis by many young men.
    MGe 060626-162.jpg
  • Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress humiliated her warriors by beating them.
    MGe 060626-145.jpg
  • A nomadic herder prepares to wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress humiliated her warriors by beating them. Here the competitor is mimicking a bird, a traditional ritual.
    MGe 060626-140.jpg
  • Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress humiliated her warriors by beating them.
    MGe 060626-128.jpg
  • Young nomadic herders on his horses during a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-096.jpg
  • A young nomadic herder naps on his horse during a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-095.jpg
  • Nomadic herder at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-055.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. Nomadic herder with Bactrian camel.
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  • A nomadic Kyrgyz woman spins wool near her summer hut in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5450.jpg
  • A nomadic Kyrgyz family shares bread and tea while the mother spins wool in their summer house near Lake Karakul, in the Pamir Mountains, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5228.jpg
  • A nomadic Kyrgyz woman brews milk tea over a dung-burning stove in her summer hut in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5215.jpg
  • A nomadic Kyrgyz mother and her children relax near near sand dunes in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5193.jpg
  • Kyrgiz nomads lead  Bactrian camels carrying equipment for trekkers in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.  7546m Mustagh Ata rises in the background.
    CX 5168.jpg
  • CHINA, XINJIANG. Nomadic Khyrgiz family in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 4977.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. A nomadic woman, dressed in her finest jewelry, spins wool during a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
    CF 2456.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
    CF 2433.jpg
  • Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress humiliated her warriors by beating them.
    MGe 060626-137.jpg
  • Nomadic herders at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-093.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Nomadic Kyrgyz camel driver in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 5815.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Yura Tagma (of the Sharnuud clan), a 59-year-old shaman living in Ulan Ula in the southern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  She treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.  Her clients are primarily local families and other Mongolians who travel from distant locations due to her reputation.
    MGe 060702-060.jpg
  • Yaks graze in a valley below Mongolia's  southern Horidal Saridag Mountains, north of Muren in Hovsgol district.
    MGe 060706-046.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 060704-218.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
  • Yura Tagma (of the Sharnuud clan), a 59-year-old shaman living in Ulan Ula in the southern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  She treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.  Her clients are primarily local families and other Mongolians who travel from distant locations due to her reputation.
    MGe 060702-057.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Family of Yura Tagma (of the Sharnuud clan), a 59-year-old shaman living in Ulan Uul in the southern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  She treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.  Her clients are primarily local families and other Mongolians who travel from distant locations due to her reputation.
    MGe 060702-055.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
  • MONGOLIA.  Herding family near Ulaan Uul in southern Horidal Saridag Mountains.
    MGe 060702-048.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
  • A Tsaatan reindeer herder wearing a traditional daftan called a del sits by his animals in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080717-025.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  Prize-winning painting in "Blue Valley Festival" sponsored by BioRegions, International, a non-profit working on cultural preservation in the region.
    MGe 060706-001.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
  • Yura Tagma (of the Sharnuud clan), a 59-year-old shaman living in Ulan Ula in the southern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  She treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.  Her clients are primarily local families and other Mongolians who travel from distant locations due to her reputation.
    MGe 060702-061.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Yura Tagma (of the Sharnuud clan), a 59-year-old shaman living in Ulan Ula in the southern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  She treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.  Her clients are primarily local families and other Mongolians who travel from distant locations due to her reputation.
    MGe 060702-060.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Yura Tagma (of the Sharnuud clan), a 59-year-old shaman living in Ulan Ula in the southern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  She treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.  Her clients are primarily local families and other Mongolians who travel from distant locations due to her reputation.
    MGe 060702-056.jpg
  • MONGOLIA.  Sheep & goats in corral beside felt-lined "ger" (yurt) in valley north of Muren in Hovsgol district.
    MGe 060702-053.jpg
  • MONGOLIA.  Sheep & goats in corral beside felt-lined "ger" (yurt) in valley north of Muren in Hovsgol district.
    MGe 060702-051.jpg
  • MONGOLIA.  Sheep & goats in corral beside felt-lined "ger" (yurt) in valley north of Muren in Hovsgol district.
    MGe 060702-050.jpg
  • MONGOLIA.  Herding family near Ulaan Uul in southern Horidal Saridag Mountains.
    MGe 060702-049.jpg
  • Yaks graze in a valley below Mongolia's  southern Horidal Saridag Mountains, north of Muren in Hovsgol district.
    MGe 060702-046-2.jpg
  • MONGOLIA.  Sheep, goats and yaks graze between felt-lined "gers" (yurts) on hillsides north of Muren in Hovsgol district.
    MGe 060702-010.jpg
  • MONGOLIA.  Sheep and goats graze hillsides north of Muren in Hovsgol district.
    MGe 060702-008.jpg
  • A reindeer-herding (Tsaatan) mother & her baby sell hand-made souvenirs to tourists visiting Lake Hovsgol and the Horidal Saridag Mountains in Mongolia's Hovsgol National Park. They live in the tipi tent in the background.
    MGe 060627-042.jpg
  • A reindeer-herding (Tsaatan) mother & her baby sell hand-made souveniers to tourists visiting Lake Hovsgol and the Horidal Saridag Mountains in Mongolia's Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 060627-033.jpg
  • Sheep & goats crowd a  corral beside a felt-lined "ger" (yurt) in a remote valley north of Muren, in Mongolia's Hovsgol district.
    MGe 060702-052.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Herder guides geotourists across river during horseback ride in Darhad Valley.
    MGe 060703-026.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
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  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 4010.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Herder guides geotourists across river during horseback ride in Darhad Valley.
    MGe 060703-026.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Mongolian herder leads geotourists and their horses across stream in Darhad Valley.
    MGe 060703-013.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Herder guides geotourists on horseback ride in Darhad Valley.
    MGe 060703-007.jpg
  • A rural herder at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-195.jpg
  • Rural herders and an archaeology team mingle after wrestling matches at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. The winner on right, was one of the archaeologists, much to the locals' dismay.
    MGe 060626-194.jpg
  • A rural herder lies passed out after drinking too much fermented mare's milk at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. Sadly, alcoholism is a serious national problem.
    MGe 060626-190.jpg
  • A rural herder watches a wrestling match at a naadam festival near Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-189.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. Herders prepare to load Bactrian camel with their possessions as they migrate from one grazing area to another.
    MG 2228.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  Herder and grandchild.
    MGe 060703-035.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  Herder and grandchild.
    MGe 060703-031.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Herder guides geotourists on horseback ride in Darhad Valley.
    MGe 060703-011.jpg
  • Wrestling competitors laugh at colleagues in action at a naadam festival on a remote pass inear Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and is playfully practiced on a regular basis by many young men.
    MGe 060626-187.jpg
  • Batjargal Khadbaatar ("Khada"), the winner of a wrestling competition at naadam festival near Muren, Mongolia, stands by a young horse he won. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress once humiliated her warriors by beating them. Ironically, Khada was an archaeology student working at a nearby dig and completely surprised (and upset) the locals by winning. He also couldn't keep the horse because he lives in Ulaan Baatar.
    MGe 060626-186.jpg
  • Nick Wiltsie at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-056.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  Bactrian camel after being loaded with parts of a family's ger (yurt).  Peg through nose is for a lead rope.
    MG 2277.jpg
  • Batmonkh, a camel driver, relaxes in Mongolia's Darhad Valley.
    MG 1451.jpg
  • Foreign trekkers pass a Khyrgiz horseman beside Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains of far-western China. 7,546-meter [Mount] Mustagh Ata rises in the background.
    CX 4546.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Komi reindeer herder Marie Terentéva, a nomad,  disassembles spruce poles that hold up her chum, while others work on other chums.
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