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DSC07784 - Burning Man 2009 - Wedding by Loupiote

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Women in a group photo during a wedding on the playa.

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

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DSC01329 - burning man 2007 - Neverwas Haul's steam runabout by Loupiote

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Neverwas Haul's steam runabout - see www.neverwashaul.com

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

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DSC04410 - Letter V of BELIEVE - Giant Letter Sculpture - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Woman on the V of 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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DSC09710 - Hindu Women Bathing in the Ganges River at Dawn by Loupiote

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Hindu women bathing in the Ganges river at dawn, near the Sangam, during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India)

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 early morning of January 27 (a full-moon night, called Paush Purnima), one of the most auspicious mornings for taking the holy bath. After a 7 km night walk, I arrived at the Sangam area at about 3am, early enough to be well positioned to take a few good photos. The yellowish color is caused by the dim sodium-vapor street lights.

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.

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

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DSC01972 - Man Throwing Clay Shiva Lingas in Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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Man throwing clay Shiva Lingams in Ganges river, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

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If you know the name of this Hindu ceremony, please post a Comment!

This is a Hindu offering ceremony to Lord Shiva, performed by members of a large Ashram at the Kumbh Mela festival.

Thousands of Hindu devotees each made hundreds of small lingams with soft clay, each lingam having three small white eyes. Then they all walked in a procession from the Ashram toward the nearby Ganges river, carrying trays on their heads, with all the small clay lingams on the trays. All the lingams were then thrown in the Ganges river, as an offering to Lord Shiva.

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.

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

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DSC02271 - Naga Sadhus Going to the Ganges River for Holy Bath - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Procession of Naga Sadhus and Hindu devotees on the main bath day, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Naga Sadhus (naked with their bodies covered with Vibhuti sacred ash) converge toward the Ganges river to take the Holy bath at the Sangam. 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 Kumbh Maha Snan or main bathing day, also called Mauni Amavasya, which is the the most auspicious morning for taking the holy bath in the Ganges river.

Also called Naga babas, those naked sadhus are wanderers with no possessions.

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

For more info on Sadhus, go to:

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu

- or this less serious article www.gonomad.com/951-smokin-sadhus-indias-wandering-stoned...

For more info about Naga [naked] Sadhus, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya.

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.

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

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DSC06239 - Fire Performer Spinning Fire Sword (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Fire Performer Spinning Fire Sword (San Francisco)

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DSC08847 - Welder Uses Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Torch to Cut Track Rails by Loupiote

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Welder cutting a track rail with an Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch.

View more photos of railroad workers replacing a Muni lightrail track section on Church street in San Francisco.

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20850-burning-man-2006 - Uchronia burning by Loupiote

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Uchronia burning

Uchronia (aka the Belgian Waffle) by The Uchronians.

Check my other photos of Uchronia!

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2006 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC09712 - Hindu Pilgrims Bathing in the Ganges River at Sangam - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu pilgrims bathing before dawn in the Ganges river, at the Sangam, during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India)

The wooden poles in the water are a safety fence, as most of the Hindu pilgrims can't swim! There are also small river boats patrolling the fence for safety, in case a pilgrim would accidentally get swept away by the river current.

Many pilgrims carry a plastic bottle that they fill-up with holy water from the Ganges river.

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 early morning of January 27 (a full-moon night, called Paush Purnima), one of the most auspicious mornings for taking the holy bath.

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.

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

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DSC02761 - Watching the Golden Gate Bridge in the Fog (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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My friend Yassmine watching the Golden Gate bridge emerging from the fog.

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DSC01714 - Grace Spinning Fire Fans by Loupiote

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Grace spinning fire fans at a fire jam on Justin Herman Plaza (San Francisco)

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DSC06193 - Metal Tree - Long Shadows by Loupiote

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Future's Past by Kate Raudenbush

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

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DSC08479 - Kids Playing on Overturned Truck (India) by Loupiote

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Boys playing on overturned truck on the side of the road (India)

This made the day of the kids from the nearby village. Truck underbelly and big wheels make a nice playground!

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DSC02162 - Black and Blond Dreadlocks - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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First time at Burning Man and loving it.

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

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DSC09211 - Welder Cutting a Rail with an Oxy-Acetylene Torch by Loupiote

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Welder cutting a track rail with a Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch.

View more photos of railroad workers replacing a Muni lightrail track section on Church street in San Francisco.

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6752 - Cannabis Plants - School by Loupiote

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Cannabis grows everywhere, just like weed! (Vietnam)

In this valley near Mèo Vac, Cannabis is endemic, i.e. it grows naturally everywhere, just like weed. It is not cultivated, it just grows as far as the eye can see, from the side of the road to the top of the hills.

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DSC08574 - Hindu Erotic Sculpture - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Erotic stone carving at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

The Konark Sun Temple is famous for the thousands of stone sculptures of Maithuna (sexual union in a ritual context).

For more info about Maithuna, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithuna.

For more photos and information about this place, go to the Konark Sun Temple album.

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DSC03861 - Lobster Mutiara - Panulirus Ornatus by Loupiote

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Colorful Lobster Mutiara ready to be cooked in a seafront restaurant in Kota Kinabalu (Borneo)

The species is Panulirus ornatus (also called Mutiara, Ornate Rock Lobster or Ornate Spiny Lobster). Unlike true lobsters, rock lobsters don't have claws.

For more information about this species, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_lobster

I would be ashamed to eat such a beautiful creature... even though they taste so good!

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DSC00350 - Hanging Coffins on Cliff (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Hanging coffins on a cliff. Echo Valley, Sagada (Philippines).

Members of the Igorot tribe of Mountain Province in northern Philippines have long practiced the tradition of burying their dead in hanging coffins, nailed to the sides of cliff faces high above the ground. The age-old funeral ritual continues to be performed, albeit on a much smaller scale than before.

For more info about the Hanging Coffins tradition, go to:

- www.roughguides.com/article/hanging-coffins/

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DSC08965 - Einsiedelei - Kapelle - Cave Chapel - Saalfelden by Loupiote

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Einsiedelei (hermitage) - Cave Chapel on a cliff near Saalfelden (Austria).

The chapel can be reached by a steep trail that climbs from the village below. It is an active hermitage i.e. a religious hermit lives in this cave dwelling.

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DSC01108 - Blue Jeepneys (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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DSC01119 - Jeepney on Road (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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IMG_20190827_192852 - Stone 27 by Benjamin Langholz - Circular Staircase - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Stone 27 by Benjamin Langholz. Also known as Circular Staircase.

The climbable installation is made of 27 stones attached by steel cables, forming a wobbly stairs in the air.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190827_193701 - The Butterfly - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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The Phoenix and The Butterfly. A story of metamorphosis by Swig Miller.

See www.facebook.com/TPATB2019/

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08035 - Railroad tattoo - leg tunnel by Loupiote

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Daryl's amazing railroad tattoo (San Francisco)

Train tracks, switches and tunnels cover his entire body, front and back, from head to toes (litterally), in a perfectly symetrical and seamless pattern. He designed the tattoo and said it took 200 hours of work to realise the work.

Daryl spent many years of his life "freight train hopping", which involves countless days of walking long miles along desert tracks.

Most tunnels in Daryl's tattoo bear his birth year (1957), but this one has the number 5150, which is the US police code for "Mentally disturbed person" :)

Check my other photos of Daryl's railroad tattoo.

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DSC09563 - Ghat at the Devprayag Sangam - Confluence of the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Rivers into the Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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Devprayag is a Hindu holy city in India, where the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and become the Ganges river.

This is the Ghat (steps to the holy bath) at the Sangam, i.e. the exact point of the confluence. Hindu pilgrims take a holy dip right where the two sacred rivers meet.

In Hindu mythology and culture, the Bhagirathi (on the left, with the green water) is considered the source stream of the Ganges. However, in hydrology, the other headstream, Alaknanda (on the right, with the brown water), is considered the source stream on account of its great length and discharge.

For more info about this place, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devprayag.

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20221-burning-man-2006 - Playa flies by Loupiote

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Playa flies - see them in action!

Playaflies by Michael Brown and the Chinchilla camp.

Check my other photos of the Playa flies.

Playa flies are bicycle mounted color-morphing light sculptures. They are made of ping-pong balls attached to wires hanging from a flexible mast attached to a bicycle. The ping-pong balls contain color-morphing LED's similar to those used in the cubatron. There were a dozen bicycles equipped like that on the playa.

See details at www.playaflies.com.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2006 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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5985 - vietnam - dog meat - Stuffing the intestine to make sausages. Or should we say, "hot dogs" - Thịt chó by Loupiote

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Before eating the dog: Stuffing the intestine to make sausages. Or should we say, "hot dogs". The stuffing is made by mixing the dog's blood and brain with some vegies and herbs.

This photo is part of a series called Thịt chó: eating a (hot) dog that can be seen on the website dog-meat.net. A lots of interesting comments and reactions have been posted on the various photo sites where this series has been published.

WARNING: These images are graphic, not suitable for kids and people with a weak stomach!

Western culture considers that eating a dog is cruel, barbaric and disgusting (not illegal, though), but ironically we have no problem eating all other sorts of animals as long as they are not called pets.

But for the vast majority of people on earth, cultural values are very different. Dog meat is considered a delicacy in some asian cultures, and indeed cooked dog meat is very tasty and protein rich. You should try it some day! (if you are not vegetarian)

"Food dogs" are not pets and they have no names. They are bred and raised in farms, just like pigs, cows, lambs, chickens and other farm animals. They are usually put down "humanely" just like any other farm animal, by slitting the throat and bleeding the animal until it passes out.- However some disturbing cases of food dogs being tortured before being slaughtered have been documented.

This series of photos shows the process involved in preparing a dog for dinner, from slautering to cutting-up, eviscerating, de-boning, cooking and of course eating! These photos were taken in Bac Ha, a small town in the Northern part of Vietnam, and in various markets of the region.

In case you are wondering, I did not order the dog for dinner, I just stumbled on the scene in the street and documented it, since I had my camera.

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DSC01658 - Drag Queen - Holy McGrail by Loupiote

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Faux drag queen at the Folsom Street Fair 2014 (San Francisco)

Faux queen, aka bio queen, means drag queen who is in fact a biological female.

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DSC04357 - High Voltage Aluminium Cables and Connectors by Loupiote

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Thick aluminium high-voltage power cables. Workers were installing connectors to those cables that will be attached to a 11,000 Volts street transformer.

Spotted in Delhi (India).

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DSC07768v2 - Prambanan Temple Towers (Java) by Loupiote

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Photo taken at Prambanan, a 9th century Hindu temple complex located near Yogyakarta on Java Island (Indonesia).

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IMG_20190827_030119 - The Man with Blue Neons - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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The Man on its base, glowing with blue neons.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC07130 - Mine Trolley carrying the Silver Ore - Potosi (Bolivia) by Loupiote

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Trolley carrying the Ore - Candelaria Silver Mine - Potosi (Bolivia)

For more information about this mine, read the album description.

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DSC08645 - Burning Man 2009 - Couple sleeping on Couch by Loupiote

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Couple sleeping on Couch at the Center Camp Cafe

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

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DSC08593 - Burning Man 2009 - Man with Pink Goggles and Dust Mask by Loupiote

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Man with Pink Goggles and Dust Mask at the Center Camp Cafe - Woofy

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

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DSC01732 - Sister Jezabelle - The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - SantaCon 2009 - Santa Claus Convention (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Sister Jezabelle, from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Photo taken at SantaCon 2009 (Santa Claus Convention) in San Francisco.

For more photos and information about this event, go to my SantaCon photo series.

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DSC06865 - Kids Flying a Kite near the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta by Loupiote

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Little girls flying their kite near the National Monument (Monas) in Merdeka Square in Jakarta (Indonesia).

This was the Eid Holiday (the end of Ramadan), and lots of families spent the sunny day in the park with their kids.

Flying kites is a popular activity in Indonesia.

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DSC08572 - Hindu Erotic Sculpture - Maithuna - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Erotic stone carving at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

The Konark Sun Temple is famous for the thousands of stone sculptures of Maithuna (sexual union in a ritual context).

For more info about Maithuna, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithuna.

For more photos and information about this place, go to the Konark Sun Temple album.

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DSC07491 - Reflection in a Broken Mirror by Loupiote

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I could have done that effect with Photoshop, but it was really a snapped photo of a reflection in a broken mirror in Mumu's house. There was not much light and the photo is not good quality, but I like the composition.

Mumu "Mumito" Mariane Charline is a choreographer, circus performer and fire artist.

For more photos and information about Mumu, go to my Mumu Photo Series.

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DSC09318 - Map of Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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Global Map of the Kumbh Mela 2013.

For 3 months every 12 years, Kumbh Mela occupies about 56 Square Kilometers (22 Square Miles) of sandy ground in the Ganges river floodplain. The "permanent" population of this temporary city is 5 to 10 Million pilgrims housed in thousands of temporary Ashrams and tent camps, with an estimated more than 50 Million coming for the ritual baths during the event.

The Sangam, the spiritual center of Kumbh Mela, is the confluence of the Yamuna and the Ganges river, and this is the holiest place to take the ritual baths during the Kumbh Mela.

Photo taken at the Kumbh Mela 2013 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.

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

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DSC09463 - Stencil graffiti (Granada, Spain) by Loupiote

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Stencil graffiti (Granada, Spain)

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IMG_20190826_124448 - KLR 650 - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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My motorbike, loaded and ready to go to the playa!

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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7635 - little girl in tube (thailand) by Loupiote

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Thai girl playing hide-n-seek in an inner tube (Ban Tha Ton, Thailand)

Were you looking for the infamous Tub Girl?

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DSC03917 - MIR Space Station - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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"Cradle of Mir" by Alexandr Mironov, Denis Lykhin, Simeon Payain. This is a Burning Man Honorarium Project.

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

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DSC02707 - Woman with Skull Makeup - Marigold Flower Headdress - Holding Glass Candle - Dia de los Muertos by Loupiote

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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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DSC05377 - Old Shrines in Street - Bhaktapur (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Old street with Hindu shrines, in Bhaktapur (Nepal)

In the old city of Bhaktapur, people live the same traditional way they were living hundreds years ago. Except for a few motorcycles and electric wires, nothing has changed for centuries.

Bhaktapur is one of the Royal Cities of Nepal, located about 10 Km East of Kathmandu.

For more info about Bhaktapur, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaktapur.

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DSC00361 - burning man 2007 - Human-Powered Art Car by Loupiote

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This mutant vehicle is called Killer Tomato, by Bob Durst (Kinetic Sculpture Racing camp), piloted by Laura Duncan Allen - see www.simpleorganicsolutions.com/tomato.html<$1>

Seen at the Burning Man female-only version of the Critical Mass bicycle event.

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

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DSC07259 - Burning Man 2009 - The Burning Man at sunset by Loupiote

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The Man, by Larry Harvey, Rod Garrett.

In 2009, the Burning Man rises above a 'tangled bank' consisting of irregular wooden triangles. No two elements of this organic composition will be quite the same; together they'll create what's best described as a chaotic truss.

The truss is clearly inspired by the "belgian waffle" installation from 2006.

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

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DSC09910 - Kumbh Mela festival (India) - Millions of Hindu Pilgrims Gathering at Sangam for the Holy Bath in the Ganges River by Loupiote

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Huge Crowd of Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Sangam, on the bank of the Ganges river, to take the holy bath at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

Looks amazing when viewed in high-resolution.

Small boats are patrolling the safety fence, in case a pilgrim would accidentally get swept away by the river current, as most of the Hindu pilgrims can't swim!

This was January 27 (a full-moon night, called Paush Purnima), one of the most auspicious days for taking the holy bath.

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.

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.

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