Cyril Ruoso / Men participating in ceremony around sacrificial altar / ovoo to worship mountain, milk libation poured as offerings to mountain deities. Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, Mongolia. 2018.
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Pascal Kobeh / A diver prepares to go down with a pulley to a 20metre deep cenote where the Mayas who were practicing human sacrifices to their gods were throwing the dead bodies, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan Penins...
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Pete Oxford / Apatani Grave or Biyu. Skeletons of sacrificed animals are placed on the grave, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Apatani sacrificial area used for ceremonies or by a shaman, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Apatani sacrificial area used for ceremonies or by a shaman, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Apatani sacrificial area used for ceremonies or by a shaman, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Apatani sacrificial area used for ceremonies or by a shaman, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Chicken about to be ceremonially sacrificed at wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rooster about to be ceremonially sacrificed at wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.
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Christophe Courteau / People dipping hands into blood of ducks sacrificed in thanks to The Orishas / Loa (spirits of life and nature) during a Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / Blood of ducks sacrificed in thanks to The Orishas / Loa (spirits of life and nature) during a Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / Man sacrificing duck and collecting blood in thanks to The Orishas / Loa (deities or spirits) during a Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.