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DSC00057 - burning man 2007 - Natalia and Pema at the Silent White Procession by Loupiote

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Natalia and Pema at the Silent White Procession at dawn on Thursday morning

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2007 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC04407 - BELIEVE - Giant Letters Scupture - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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BELIEVE, by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg ( laurakimpton.com/ ).

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC04831 - Clock Ship Tere near Church Trap - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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The Pirate Ship and the Church Trap.

The art car (on the left) is called The Pirate Ship, aka The Clock Ship Tere, by Andy Tibbetts.

For more info about this art car, go to www.facebook.com/ClockShip.

On the right, the Church Trap, by Rebekah Waites and crew.

For more info about this art installation, go to www.churchtrap.com.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC07502 - burning man 2008 - El-wire couple by Loupiote

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El-wire couple

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2008 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08161 - Wild Cannabis (India) by Loupiote

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Wild cannabis weed (India)

In many regions of India, Cannabis is endemic, i.e. it grows naturally everywhere like a weed.

I took this photo in near a tea plantation. The ditch between the road and the plantation was full of wild cannabis.

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2208-burning-man-2005 - Squiddudah by Loupiote

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Squiddudah. One of Flight2Mars' art cars

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2005 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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7038 - Blackened Teeth - Tribe Woman - vietnam by Loupiote

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Tribe woman with bloody lips (caused by chewing betelnut), and blackened / lacquered teeth, a cultural and traditional sign of beauty (Bảo Lạc, Vietnam)

Betelnut ("cau" in Vietnamese) is is the fruit of the Areca tree. It is wrapped with a "lá trầu" leaf (a different tree) and chewed for its exhilarating lift. Betel quids chewing has been claimed to produce a sense of well-being, euphoria, heightened alertness, sweating, salivation, a hot sensation in the body and increased capacity to work.

Just like alcohol, tobacco, coffee and sakau, betelnut is a culturally-approved psychoactive drug.

See the Betelnut Wikipedia page.

See the "lá trầu" leaves Wikipedia article.

Diu Nghiem wrote: Her blackened teeth was NOT caused by chewing betelnut and betel leaf but by using some special chemical. Blackening tooth chemical is usually natural material which varies from the North to South of Vietnam. The process might take a couple of day in order to get the perfect shiny black.

Men and women did that because of the same reason which caused other people whitening their teeth (they consider black teeth to be a sign of beauty). After the occupancy of France in Vietnam blackened teeth is not popular anymore.

More information about the teeth blackening or teeth lacquering custom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth_blackening and

"Healthy Black Smiles" by Barbara Cohen

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DSC08937 - Burning Man 2009 - EL-Wire Heart and Full Moon by Loupiote

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EL-Wire Heart and Full Moon - bicycle trailer - art car

It is called He(art) by Hi-may Rivera (James Hacking).

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC00445 - Sugar Skull Makeup - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Man with Skull Face Paint - Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2009.

For more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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DSC00620 - Skull - Giant Puppet - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Skull - Giant Papier-mÃ¢chÃ© Puppet - Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2009.

For more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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DSC07972 - Khasi Menhirs and Dolmens - Memorial Stones (India) by Loupiote

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Ancient Khasi memorial stones, in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

For more photos and information about these, go to the Khasi Memorial Stones album (read the album description).

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DSC01651 - Suliman Nawid in his Trademark Dia de los Muertos Makeup and Matador Costume - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Fashion designer and model Suliman Nawid in his trademark matador costume and Dia de los Muertos (Mexican Day of the Dead) face painting.

The white hat is not made of feathers (feathers are not allowed at Burning Man), but rather of small pieces of fabric that imitate feathers.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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19200 - Rue de la Tombe Issoire (aka rue St Jacques) - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Rue de la Tombe Issoire (aka rue St Jacques)

Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area), about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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DSC04941 - Jessica Dancing at How Weird Street Fair (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the 2012 How Weird Street Faire in San Francisco.

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6339 - vietnam - Tribe girl carrying grass by Loupiote

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Tribe girl carrying grass (Vietnam)

She is so colorful and so pretty!

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DSC07734 - burning man 2008 - Face Paint - Gabrielle by Loupiote

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Face Paint - Gabrielle

Body paint by Scott and Madelyn Fray - www.livingbrush.com

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2008 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC05573 - I Don't! - Akatrielle - Brides of March (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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I Don't! - Akatrielle

This photo was taken at the "Brides of March 2009" gathering in San Francisco.

For more photos and information about this event, please go to my "brides of march" photo album.

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DSC03689 - Caterpillar 330D Excavator - Moving Gravel by Loupiote

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Caterpillar 330D Excavator - Building Demolition

This development project is called Presidio PHSH Adaptive Reuse Housing.

The Public Health Service Hospital (PHSH) is located in the Presidio of San Francisco. It has been rehabilitated into luxury condos housing in 2010, and it is now called "Presidio Landmark Apartments".

For more information about this place you can visit www.phsh.org.

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DSC04854 - Zonotopia - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Zonotopia and the Quasicrystalline Conjunction, by Rob Bell and crew

For more info, go to zonotopia.com/

The Zomes of Zonotopia are jewel like structures carved from wood which seemingly have sprouted from the playa. Each provides a beautiful well crafted sanctuary in which people can interact, contemplate and meditate.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC07006 - Burning Man 2009 - Lava Pit Lounge Art Car under the Moon by Loupiote

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Lava Pit Lounge Art Car under the Moon

Lava Pit Lounge by Larry McMann and Joanna Jividen

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC03650 - Woman with Party Boots - Platform Shoes by Loupiote

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Jessikr with Party Boots - Platform Shoes

Gay Pride (San Francisco)

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DSC06058 - Elana's tongue by Loupiote

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Elana's tongue

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DSC05565 - GrandMa on Beach Wheelchair with Granddaughter Running on the Beach by Loupiote

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Jenn and her 96 year old Chinese Grandma at Crissy Field beach in San Francisco.

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DSC08004 - Darwin Fish by Loupiote

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The Walking Fish art car - Darwin Fish

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC00525 - Motorbike Loaded with Luggage - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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My motorbike is packed-up and I'm ready to ride to Burning Man. It's the first time I went there by motorcycle.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC03632 - Naked Hindu Devotees Walking to the Bank of Ganges River - Kumbh Mela Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Group of naked Hindu devotees walking towards the Ganges river at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India).

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

Thousands of Sadhus and Hindu devotees (naked, with their bodies often covered with ritual wood ash) converge toward the bank of the Ganges river at the Sangam where they will take the Holy Dip. The Triveni Sangam is the confluence of the Yamuna and the Ganga (Ganges) rivers, and this is the holiest place to take the ritual baths during the Kumbh Mela.

This was the morning of Vasant Panchami Snan day, an important religious date for Hindu people and one of the most auspicious mornings for taking the holy bath in the Ganges river.

For more info about Vibhuti, the Hindu holy ash, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibhuti.

For more information about Vasant Panchami (or Basant Panchami), read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasant_Panchami.

For more photos and info about the Kumbh Mela festival, read the album description.

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DSC05016 - Love Potion Art Car - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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The giant vessel of the Love Potion art car glowing and color-morphing at night.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC06336 - Woman Holding Flower Bouquet - Dia de los Muertos by Loupiote

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Woman with sugar skull makeup and costume with hat and white lace veil, holding flowers.

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2016.

For more photos and more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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DSC02262 - Woman with Glowing EL-Wire Costume - Burning Man 2015 by Loupiote

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Japanese woman with beautiful el-wire headdress and costume.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2015 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC09721 - Raver Girl with Binky by Loupiote

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Raver Girl with Binky

Photo taken during the Gay Pride Festival 2011 in San Francisco.

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DSC01880 - Under The Man - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Just under "The Man", the "Bee Here Now!" sculpture by Gregg Fleishman. This is an intricate climbable 38′-tall sculpture representing a flower’s pistil. It was constructed without using any nail or screw, just interlocking pieces of plywood cut with great accuracy.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC07710 - Fire Performer Forka from the group Manda Lights - Temple of poi 2009 fire dancing expo - Union Square (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Fire Performer Forka from the French group Manda Lights. See they website (in french) at mandalights.net/.

Photo taken at the temple of poi 2009 fire dancing expo on Union Square (San Francisco)

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DSC01694 - Dusty Man with Black Sheer Scarf - Burning Man 2015 by Loupiote

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Dusty man with black t-shirt cut into thins strips, and a black sheer scarf.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2015 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC02952 - Blue Wig - Rainbow Bra by Loupiote

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Young woman wearing a blue curly wig and a rainbow tube bra.

Photo taken at the 2013 Gay Pride Festival in San Francisco.

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DSC07365 - Young Woman with Thin Braids by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC01481 - Girl with White Skull Makeup - Dia de Los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Girl with Face Paint - Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2008.

For more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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2150-burning-man-2005 - inside dreamer by pepe ozan by Loupiote

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Inside the Pepe Ozan's big magenta Dreamer's head!

Dreamer by Pepe Ozan

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2005 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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2643-burning-man-2005 - miracle grow by patrick shearn and al by Loupiote

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The giant flower comes above the Angel at dawn.

Check my other photos of Miracle Grow.

Miracle Grow by Patrick Shearn and crew (see the Blossoming Consciousness Tribe), Angel of the Apocalypse by Flaming Lotus Girls.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2005 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC09646 - Woman with Chest Tattoo by Loupiote

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Her chest tattoo reads: "Diamonds are forever". Is that a coded message?

Photo taken at the LovEvolution / Love Fest Festival (San Francisco).

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DSC01185 - Jeepneys Parked at Station (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Jeepneys are a very popular type of public transportation in the Philippines.

Photo taken in Baguio, a regional capital in Luzon Island.

For more Jeepney photos and info, go to my Jeepney series.

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DSC01879 - Devils Postpile Basalt Columns (California) by Loupiote

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Devils Postpile - Columnar Basalt in the Eastern Sierra (California)

A basalt volcanic flow formed hexagonal-shaped columns when it cooled down.

For more info about this rock formation, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Postpile_National_Monument.

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DSC03600 - Naked Hindu Devotees Running Towards the Ganges River - Kumbh Mela Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Group of naked Hindu devotees running towards the Ganges river at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India).

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

Thousands of Sadhus and Hindu devotees (naked, with their bodies often covered with ritual wood ash) converge toward the bank of the Ganges river at the Sangam where they will take the Holy Dip. The Triveni Sangam is the confluence of the Yamuna and the Ganga (Ganges) rivers, and this is the holiest place to take the ritual baths during the Kumbh Mela.

This was the morning of Vasant Panchami Snan day, an important religious date for Hindu people and one of the most auspicious mornings for taking the holy bath in the Ganges river.

For more info about Vibhuti, the Hindu holy ash, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibhuti.

For more information about Vasant Panchami (or Basant Panchami), read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasant_Panchami.

For more photos and info about the Kumbh Mela festival, read the album description.

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DSC10024 - Dead human fetus, preserved - ศพเด็ก - Forensic Medicine Museum, โรงพยาบาลศิริราช - Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok (Thailand) by Loupiote

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Human fetus, preserved for science - Forensic Medicine Museum, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok (Thailand)

For other photos and more information about this museum, please read the album description.

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DSC07823 - Fat Cop on Motorcycle by Loupiote

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Motorcycle Police - SFPD (San Francisco)

Don't they have a gym at the SFPD (San Francisco Police Department)?

Another photo of the same cop! (taken a couple of years earlier)

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DSC02819 - Altar de Muertos - Glass Candles - Dia de los Muertos by Loupiote

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Altar de Muertos with glass candles, framed images and mementos of people who recently passed away.

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2015.

For more photos and more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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DSC09668 - Ravers - LovEvolution - Lovefest (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the LovEvolution / Love Fest Festival (San Francisco).

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DSC01186 - Blue and Red Jeepney - Front Grill (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Jeepneys are a very popular type of public transportation in the Philippines.

Photo taken in Baguio, a regional capital in Luzon Island.

For more Jeepney photos and info, go to my Jeepney series.

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DSC06599 - Burning Man 2009 - Woman with Bandana - Ljiljana by Loupiote

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Woman with Bandana, near the Man - Ljiljana

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC00710 - Skull Makeup - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Women with Skull Face Paint - Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2009.

For more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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