Tagged: Siberia

Ship in the fog

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December 10th, 2011 Permalink
A motorboat sails through a frosty fog along the Yenisei River some 55 km (34 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 5, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

A motorboat sails through a frosty fog along the Yenisei River some 55 km (34 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 5, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Shamanism in Russia

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September 15th, 2011 Permalink

Siberia is regarded as the locus classicus of shamanism. It is inhabited by many different ethnic groups. Many of its peoples observe shamanistic practices even in modern times. Many classical ethnographic sources of “shamanism” were recorded among Siberian peoples. (6 photos total)

Kara-ool Dopchun-ool (L), supreme shaman of "The Spirit of Bear" society, conducts a medical session to cure a man, suffering from asthma and liver disease, at his residence in the Kyzyl town, administrative centre of Russia's Tuva region, some 800 km (497 miles) south of Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, September 13, 2011. Tuvans, one of Asian nomadic peoples, practise two main religions - Buddhism and Shamanism. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Kara-ool Dopchun-ool (L), supreme shaman of "The Spirit of Bear" society, conducts a medical session to cure a man, suffering from asthma and liver disease, at his residence in the Kyzyl town, administrative centre of Russia's Tuva region, some 800 km (497 miles) south of Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, September 13, 2011. Tuvans, one of Asian nomadic peoples, practise two main religions - Buddhism and Shamanism. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

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