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  • RATTLESNAKES. Male Panamint rattlesnakes in non-mortal "Combat Dance," believed to be a territorial ritual.  White Mts., CA.
    CA 1938.jpg
  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a temple at their nunnery.
    CF 3304.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Opening procession of Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
    S 0906.jpg
  • Batyoi, a 35-year-old shaman living in Tsagaan Noor in the northern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  He treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.
    MGe 060704-227.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3611.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3603.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3517.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3510.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3509.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3505.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist festival in Braga village, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3501.jpg
  • Batyoi, a 35-year-old shaman living in Tsagaan Noor in the northern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  He treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.
    MGe 060704-229.jpg
  • Batyoi, a 35-year-old shaman living in Tsagaan Noor in the northern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  He treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.
    MGe 060704-228.jpg
  • Batyoi, a 35-year-old shaman living in Tsagaan Noor in the northern Darhad Valley, a small town under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in northern Mongolia.  He treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.
    MGe 060704-226.jpg
  • Enkhtuya Ragchaa, a 53-year-old shaman of the Tsaatan (Reindeer) people, now living on the west shore of Lake Hovsgol, 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 include local families and foreigners, alike.
    MGe 060627-117.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Enkhtuya Ragchaa, a 53-year-old shaman of the Tsaatan (Reindeer) people, now living on the west shore of Lake Hovsgol, 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 include local families and foreigners, alike.
    MGe 060627-096.jpg
  • A vistor touches the toe of a sculpture of a Patagonian Indian in the plaza of Punta Arenas, Chile.  This is supposed to ensure one's return to Patagonia.
    CHe 081025-097.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Opening procession of Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
    S 0906.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist lama at festival to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
    AA 3615.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-273.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-370.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-257.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-106.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses after a ritual dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-403.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-394.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-363.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-281.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-246.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses engage in a ritual mating dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-131.jpg
  • A pair of Wandering Albatrosses begin a ritual dance near the female's nest on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080302-027.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2598.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2553.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2512.jpg
  • Family members sit by butter lamps as they mourn a recent death before cremation at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0436.jpg
  • Family members sit by butter lamps as they mourn a recent death before cremation at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0436.jpg
  • at a traditional Bengali wedding in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 2806.jpg
  • A young brides's family and friends help prep her for at a traditional Bengali wedding in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • at a traditional Bengali wedding in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 2711.jpg
  • A groom waits for his bride at a traditional Bengali wedding in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 2706.jpg
  • A young brides's family and friends help prep her for at a traditional Bengali wedding in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
    BD 2705b.jpg
  • The groom first touches his bride at a traditional Bengali wedding in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 2702.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0510.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0508.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0506.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0411.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0409.jpg
  • Young Elephant Seals engage in mock battle at Ocean Harbor, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080227-495.jpg
  • King Penguins stand on a beach at Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080226-283.jpg
  • King Penguins stand on a beach at Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080226-275.jpg
  • King Penguins stand on a beach at Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Antarctica.
    ATe 080226-258.jpg
  • Blue-eyed shags (Antarctic Cormorants) interlock their beaks on Petermann Island, Antarctica.
    ATe 080221-095.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2596.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2589.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2577.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2568.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2534.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant during a puja ceremony at a monastery near Kathmandu.
    KM 2517.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2505.jpg
  • Family members sit by butter lamps as they mourn a recent death before cremation at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0436.jpg
  • Hindus bathe in the Bagnatic River at iPashupatinath Temple, a pilgrimage site near Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0412.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist man lights 108 butter lamps  at Swaymbhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0314.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims prostrate themselves on a suspension bridge near the Potala, former home of the Dalai Lama. reflects in a pool in Lhasa, Tibet, China.  This was taken in 1986 and the view is now crowded with modern buildings.
    CF 1191.jpg
  • A Tibetan Bhuddist lama exorcises bad spirits and demons duribg a blessing ceremony in the remote village of Braga, now part of the Around Annapurna trek.
    AA 3618.jpg
  • Higher caste Hindus gather for ritual purification in the Bagmati River at the 1977  Genai Pherni festival at Gokarna Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
    KT 1519.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
  • PERU, Chachapoyas. Shaman begins trance beside ritual artifacts from several religions he uses as part of his quest for vision.
    PE 4678.jpg
  • Duujii, returning from helping other nomads cross Utreg Pass, carries a juniper branch as part of a spiritual ritual in Darhad Valley, Mongolia.
    MG 5975.jpg
  • RATTLESNAKES.  Male Panamint rattlesnakes in non-mortal "Combat Dance," believed to be a territorial ritual.  White Mts., CA.
    CA 1935.jpg
  • Higher caste Hindus gather for ritual purification in the Bagmati River at the 1977  Genai Pherni festival at Gokarna Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
    KT 1519.jpg
  • Hindu sadhus on a pilgrimage to Muktinath Temple in Nepal enjoy ab break to smoke hashish, a regular ritual in their quest for enlightenment.
    AN 7115.jpg
  • Hindu sadhus on a pilgrimage to Muktinath Temple in Nepal enjoy ab break to smoke hashish, a regular ritual in their quest for enlightenment.
    AN 7113.jpg
  • Hindu sadhus on a pilgrimage to Muktinath Temple in Nepal enjoy ab break to smoke hashish, a regular ritual in their quest for enlightenment.
    AN 7001.jpg
  • In a traditional ritual, a Tibetan offers a trekker barley beer (chang.)
    TS 2954.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Tibetan Buddhist villager w/ ritual prayer wheel.
    TS 2828.jpg
  • Higher caste Hindus gather for ritual purification in the Bagmati River at the 1977  Genai Pherni festival at Gokarna Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
    KT 1519.jpg
  • Higher caste Hindus gather for ritual purification in the Bagmati River at the 1977  Genai Pherni festival at Gokarna Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
    KT 1514.jpg
  • Higher caste Hindus gather for ritual purification in the Bagmati River at the 1977  Genai Pherni festival at Gokarna Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
    KT 1506.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Ritual lingams & yonis (sexual symbols of Shiva & his consort Parvati) at Pashupatinath Temple.
    KM 0518.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Woman makes ritual offerings at Tibetan Buddhist Swayambhu'nath Temple.
    KM 0340.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu.  Tibetan Buddhist Monk pounds ritual drum, Swayambhu'nath Temple.
    KM 0322.jpg
  • RATTLESNAKES. Male Panamint rattlesnakes in non-mortal "Combat Dance," believed to be a territorial ritual.  White Mts., CA.
    CA 1936.jpg
  • RATTLESNAKES.  Male Panamint rattlesnakes in non-mortal "Combat Dance," believed to be a territorial ritual.  White Mts., CA.
    CA 1926.jpg
  • Male Panamint Rattlers in ritual "combat" dance, White Mts., CA.
    CA 1925.jpg
  • RATTLESNAKES.  Male Panamint rattlesnakes in non-mortal "Combat Dance," believed to be a territorial ritual.  White Mts., CA.
    CA 1921.jpg