Buryat Shamans meeting on Baikal
Annual meeting of Buryat shamans on Olkhon Island in Baikal. Shamans beat tambourines, sing ritual songs, drink tea, milk and vodka and fall into a trance. People with the help of translator ask them
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Annual meeting of Buryat shamans on Olkhon Island in Baikal. This place is considered sacred in shamanism cultures. Shamanism was very widespread in Siberia before Оctober revolution 1917. In the Soviet time, Russian government struggled against shamans, they were fiercely repressed. Now shamanism is starting to be popular among Buryats again, although the tradition had been nearly lost.
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- id:121679
- date:31 July 2009
- dimensions:12.91 x 8.64 in. (3872 x 2592 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:28.83 MB
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Annual meeting of Buryat shamans on Olkhon Island in Baikal. Shamans beat tambourines, sing ritual songs, drink tea, milk and vodka and fall into a trance. People with the help of translator ask them
Details
- id:121679
- date:31 July 2009
- dimensions:12.91 x 8.64 in. (3872 x 2592 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:28.83 MB
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