Juergen Freund / Men dancing in a Tatanua Masks, an image of the soul of the deceased. When a person dies, by Malagan tradition people dance in the shallow waters to try to drive evil spirits or taboos of the dead awa...

Ashley Cooper / Llama (Lama glama) foetus for sale in the Witches Market in La Paz, Bolivia, South America.

Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...

Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...

Bernard Castelein / Graicham (a monastic dance) performed after accomplishing the Jarpuga ceremonial rites which lasted for a period of three days. The twelve dancers representing Dorge Jigjes assistant, Shenti Dowo, car...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), fresh leaves in spring rain, Beinn Eighe NNR, Highlands, NW Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? In the Victoria era, twigs of the Rowan were thought to ward off evil spirits.

Juergen Freund / Man dancing in a Tatanua Mask, an image of the soul of the deceased. When a person dies, by Malagan tradition people dance in the shallow waters to try to drive evil spirits or taboos of the dead away...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Protectors of evil spirits made from clay, holding sticks outside mud tower house in Tammari village. Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba, Togo, 2020.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tammari woman wearing hat with horns in front of takyenta, a traditional mud tower house made from mud, branches and straw. Protectors of evil spirits holding sticks in foreground. Koutammakou, the La...