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  • 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.
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 060704-227.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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. 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
  • Enkhtuya Ragchaa, a 53-year-old shaman of the Tsaatan (Reindeer) people.
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  • MONGOLIA. Nick Wiltsie in shaman's house.
    MGe 060704-225.jpg
  • A Mongolian dancer performs a 'shaman dance' at a tourist ger camp by Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 080717-129.jpg
  • A Mongolian dancer performs a 'shaman dance' at a tourist ger camp by Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 080717-115.jpg
  • A Nepali jhankri (faith healer) treks to a meeting of his fellow practitioners in the Solo region of Nepal.
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  • 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
  • Umgan, a traditional shaman beats his drum, dances and chants to put himself into a trance in the Darhad Valley, Mongolia.
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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 060704-219.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 060704-217.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 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
  • 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" 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 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.  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
  • A shaman called a "jankri" stands at a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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  • PERU, Chachapoyas. Shaman begins trance beside ritual artifacts from several religions he uses as part of his quest for vision.
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  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  A shaman named Umgan dances, chants and beats his drums to invoke spirits during a trance in his ger (yurt).
    MG 1840.jpg
  • A shaman called a "jankri" beats a drum as he walks to a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
    L 0204.jpg
  • A caravan escorts a shaman called a "jankri" to a at a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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  • A shaman called a "jankri" beats a drum and dances at a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
    L 0174.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. A shaman (Batsuur) dances, chants and beats his drums to invoke spirits during a trance in his ger (yurt).
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  • MONGOLIA, Daughter of Umgan, a shaman.  As her father ages, she will inherit his skills and trade.
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  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. Shaman (Umgan) amidst a trance after dancing, chanting and beating a drum to invoke spirits.
    MG 1856.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. Shaman (Umgan) amidst a trance after dancing, chanting and beating a drum to invoke spirits.
    MG 1851.jpg
  • A shaman called a "jankri" beats a drum at a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
    L 0173.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. A shaman (Batsuur) dances, chants and beats his drums to invoke spirits during a trance in his ger (yurt).
    MG 2419.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Daughter of Umgan, a shaman.  As her father ages, she will inherit his skills and trade.
    MG 1878.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Umgan, a shaman near Tsagan Nuur in the Darhad Valley.
    MG 1874.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  A shaman named Umgan dances, chants and beats his drums to invoke spirits during a trance in his ger (yurt).
    MG 1849.jpg
  • A shaman called a "jankri" walks to a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
    L 0206.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, A shaman (Baljir) dances, chants and beats his drums to invoke spirits during a trance in his ger (yurt).
    MG 3417.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. A shaman (Batsuur) dances, chants and beats his drums to invoke spirits during a trance in his ger (yurt).
    MG 2409.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Wife of Umgan, a shaman near Tsagan Nuur, in the Darhad Valley.
    MG 1875.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  A shaman named Umgan dances, chants and beats his drums to invoke spirits during a trance in his ger (yurt).
    MG 1826.jpg
  • in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
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  • in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
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  • in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 3096.jpg
  • in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 3085.jpg
  • in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 3096.jpg
  • in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
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