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DSC02936 - Around the Fire - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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A large and compact crowd reaches the fire line and runs around circle.

At that moment, the real danger is that many people pushing from outside (to get closer to the fire) are causing those inside to be pressed towards the danger zone of the fire, which is still very hot.

That's why i don't like to be there, near the fire, when the crowd is dense and uncontrolled. So I battled my way out, and returned a bit later.

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

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DSC00068 - My Friend Jasmin at Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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This was at the "Rainbow Camp", a Hippie camp set-up at the northern edge of the Kumbh Mela festival ground. The camp was organized by a Rasta Yogi man called "Panama Baba", and all non-Hindu travelers were welcome there.

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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DSC08466 - Wallah with red teeth caused by chewing Areca nut - Betel Nut Teeth - Delhi (India) by Loupiote

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Wallah (manual worker) - Delhi (India)

Wallah with red teeth caused by chewing Areca nut (also called Betel nut or Betel Quids).

The Areca nut is wrapped with Betel leaf and chewed for its exhilarating lift. Betel 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, Areca nut and Betel leaf are culturally-approved psychoactive drugs.

The Areca nut, by association, is sometimes inaccurately called the "Betel nut" or "Betel Quids".

See the Areca nut Wikipedia page.

See the Betel leaves Wikipedia article.

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DSC07001 - Deep Sea Diver Helmet and Glowing Jellyfish by Loupiote

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Man with deep sea diver helmet and glowing jellyfish puppet.

Photo taken at the Burning Man Decompression Party 2013 (San Francisco).

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DSC01852 - This is Art - Do not call 911 - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Detail on the missile on the roof of the Black Rock City Army Art Department car.

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

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2343-burning-man-2005 - sunspinner by thomas trower by Loupiote

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Sunspinner by Thomas Trower - A nice kinetic sculpture made of soda bottles and mirrors.

Sunspinner by Thomas Trower

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

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DSC09015 - Burning Man 2009 - Giant Eggs on Truck Trailer - Ménage à Trois - Mosaic by Loupiote

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Ménage à Trois (Menage a Trois) by Rob Buchholz and crew

The three giant mosaic eggs are going home on a truck trailer.

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

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DSC01112 - Sacred Banyan Tree on the Triveni Ghat - Rishikesh (India) by Loupiote

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Large Banyan tree is a Hindu Shrine, on the Triveni Ghat of Rishikesh (India)

The Triveni Ghat of Rishikesh is a sacred place for Hindu people, who come here to pray, make offerings and take a holy dip in the Ganges river. It is the largest and most famous Ghat in Rishikesh.

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DSC09008 - Firefighter watches over the Embers of the Man - Burning Man 2008 by Loupiote

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Firefighter - Temple burning - Basura Sagrada

Basura Sagrada, by Shrine, Tuktuk, and the Basura Sagrada Collaboratory - www.basurasagrada.org

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

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DSC07554 - Burning Man 2009 - Carrot Girl - More Carrot by Loupiote

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This is "More Carrot", a tribe from Oasis 47 camp.

For more information, go to: www.oasis47.org/.

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

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DSC06068 - iX-Chel Signing her Name at the Top of the Minaret - Burning Man 2010 by Loupiote

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This climbable tower sculpture is called "Minaret" by Bryan Tedrick.

iX-Chel Sandivel can be contacted via her website ixchelsandivel.com.

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

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DSC01703 - burning man 2007 - Crude Awakening by Loupiote

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Crude Awakening, by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito, Black Rock FX, MarkPerez, Pyrokinetics, Nate Smith and MonkeyBoy - see www.headlesspoint.com/crude_awakening/

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

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DSC09304 - Crowd of Muslim Men with Flags - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Crowd of Muslim men with flags at the Milad un-Nabi street parade.

This is the celebration of Eid-Milad-un-Nabi, Prophet Muhammad's Birthday. Milad un-Nabi, also known as Nabi Day and Mawlid, is a gazetted holiday in India.

It is the occasion of large street parades and other festivities by the Muslim male population (Muslim women are not allowed to participate in those public festivities).

For more photos and info about this event, read the album description.

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DSC06158 - Himalchuli Mountain - Himalayas (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Mount Himalchuli (Nepal)

Himalchuli (Elevation: 7893 m / 25895 ft) is the second highest mountain in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas.

Himalchuli is the 18th highest mountain in the world. Himalchuli is also notable for its large vertical relief over local terrain. For example, it rises 7000m over the Marsyangdi River to the southwest in about 27 km horizontal distance.

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

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DSC00031 - Woman riding a Royal Enfield Bullet motorbike by Loupiote

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This is my friend Bun Bun (Chelsea) and Wojtek, riding a Royal Enfield Bullet motorbike at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival, near Allahabad (India).I ended up using this motorbike for the rest of my trip in India and Nepal.

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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DSC09579 - Candy Kid dancing - How Weird Street Faire (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Candy raver dancing - How Weird Street Faire (San Francisco)

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DSC07592 - Chinese Girl Spinning Double Fire Staff - Mel by Loupiote

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This is Mel, with her double fire staff.

Renegade fire jam cession at the Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco).

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DSC01711 - SantaCon 2009 - Santa Claus Convention (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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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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DSC08221 - Burning Man 2009 - Glowing Crowd around The Man - Night of the Burn by Loupiote

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Glowing Crowd around The Man - Night of the Burn

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

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09489-burning-man-2006 - Evan the Tarot man: "You got the DEATH card!" by Loupiote

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Evan the Tarot man: "You got the DEATH card!"

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

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DSC01211 - Colorful Jeepneys Parked at Jeepney Station in Baguio (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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DSC02329 - Candy Kid - San Francisco LoveFest 2007 - Rebecca by Loupiote

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Candy raver Rebecca

Photo taken at the San Francisco LoveFest 2007.

A Kandi Kid is commonly called a "Candy Raver", "Candee Child" or "Kandi Raver".

For more information about Kandi Kids, read the album description.

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DSC06450 - Vampire Costume - Cat-eye Yellow Contact Lenses by Loupiote

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Vampire Costume - Cat-eye Yellow Contact Lenses

Damon the vampire - Damon Knight - www.myspace.com/demonickiss13

See my other photos of Damon.

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

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DSC08767 - Burning Man 2009 - How to Pick-up a Girl at Burning Man - Kate by Loupiote

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How to pick-up a Girl at Burning Man - Acrobatics at the Center Camp Cafe

This is Kate and her Acro partner. She is part of the Environmental Encroatchment (EE) Magic Circus Band based in Chicago.

For more information about her, go to: www.voortrek.com and www.encroach.net

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

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DSC03915 - East German Army Officer Costume by Loupiote

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East German Army Officer Costume

Photo taken at the Dore Alley - Up Your Alley Fair (San Francisco)

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DSC08906 - burning man 2008 - Skydiver jumping from plane (Burning sky) by Loupiote

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Parachutist (Burning sky)

See www.burningsky.org.

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

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DSC00770 - Little Girl and Little Boy in Himalayan Village (India) by Loupiote

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This little girl was the smartest kid of the village.

View more photos of Janki Chatti village, near Yamunotri, in the Indian Himalayas.

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2625-phsh - Heating Oil Tank - basement - Abandoned Hospital (Presidio, San Francisco) by Loupiote

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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 my PHSH page.

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DSC00740 - Young Villagers in the Himalayas (India) by Loupiote

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Young villagers in the Himalayas (India)

Even though they live in pretty harsh conditions, they all seem happy.

The animal near the young woman in the center is a calf (baby cow), not a dog!

View more photos of Janki Chatti village, near Yamunotri, in the Indian Himalayas.

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DSC07313 - Danger 11000 Volts - Lanco Hydro Power Project - Teesta River - Sikkim (India) by Loupiote

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Adit tunnel, part of an unfinished Hydropower project in Sikkim (India)

I was able to explore the tunnel up to a point where it was flooded (the water pumps were not functionning, but there was some electric lights). The tunnel is obviously unfinished. Not sure what this tunnel is for. I think it maybe to drive heavy equipment to the site, like turbines for the power house, since the small mountain roads cannot be used by heavy trucks.

This is part of a semi-abandoned unfinished Hydro-Power Project on the Teesta river in Sikkim (India). The project is developed by Lanco Infratech Limited.

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DSC01017 - Chanthi Dobar Bridge - Construction of a Suspension Bridge over the Bhagirathi River (India) by Loupiote

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Chanthi Dobar Bridge - Construction of a suspension bridge over the Bhagirathi River (India)

Since the construction of the Tehri Dam, the old bridge is now submerged by the Tehri reservoir that floods the Bhagirathi valley.

The Tehri Dam was (and still is) a very controversial project, as it flooded two valleys resulting in the destruction of numerous villages and a town (Tehri), all now submerged, and forced the relocation of about 100,000 people.

For more photos and info about the controversial Tehri Hydro Power project, go to the Tehri Dam & Lake photo series.

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Dubai World - Palm Jumeirah Islands Aerial - Google Earth by Loupiote

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Dubai Palm Islands Aerial - Google Earth

Those are the amazing Dubai artificial "Palm Islands". Not sure it's good use of the earth resources needed to build them, but it looks cool.

The investment company that owns those has been in the news recently, because they are basically going bankrupt before completion of the project, causing turmoil in the financial world.

And also they are a little bit worried that it will be under water soon with Global Warming.

For more information about the Dubai Palm Istands, go to www.2daydubai.com/pages/dubai-palm-jumeriah.php , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Jumeirah

This photo is © Google Earth, used by permission (this overwrites any other copyright mention that may appear on this page)

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DSC05019 - Kiss on the Cheek by Loupiote

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Emily and her friend.

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

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DSC08631 - burning man 2008 - The Man burns by Loupiote

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The Man burns

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

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DSC00567 - Miniature Liquor Bottles Belts Costume - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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This simple costume will make you immediately very popular.

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

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DSC02965 - Colorful Bead Bracelets - Kandi Cuffs by Loupiote

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Young reveler in Kandi Raver fashion. The colorful beads are called Kandi.

For more information about Kandi Kids, read the album description.

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

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DSC00323 - Skull Makeup - Man with Goatee - Dia de Los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Dark Angel

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2006.

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

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DSC07308 - Mumu Mariane Charline dancing by Loupiote

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Mumu

Photo taken at Mumu's underwear birthday party (San Francisco)

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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DSC07539 - Burning Man 2009 - More Carrot by Loupiote

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This is "More Carrot", a tribe from Oasis 47 camp

For more information, go to: www.oasis47.org/.

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

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DSC06272 - Rock Salt Mining by Loupiote

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Rock Salt Mining in Salinas Grandes (Jujuy, Argentina)

Workers are collecting salt in large sacks. The supply is almost limitless.

This is is one of the largest salt flats (dry salt lake) in the world, located in northern Argentina, not far from the famous Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia).

For more photos and information, please read the album description.

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DSC02650 - Statues of Shiva and a Lingam in an Ashram - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Status of Shiva and a Lingam in an Ashram, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

The Lingam strangely looks like the R2-D2 robot from the Star Wars movie.

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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DSC02314 - Guru Float Pulled by Tractor Arrives at the Sangam - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Gurus parade at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

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.

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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DSC06955 - BYOBW - "Bring Your Own Big Wheel" race - toy tricycles (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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BYOBW - "Bring Your Own Big Wheel" race (San Francisco).

This is a free and unauthorized event. People race with Big Wheel toy tricycles and other non-motorized vehicles down the steep and curvy segment of Vermont Street in Potrero Hill. The racers reach dangerous speed and frequently crash. This race used to take place on the famous curvy segment of Lombard St, but because some of the Lombard St residents did not like the event and asked the police to shut it down, in 2009 they moved the BYOBW race to Vermont St where the neighbors have a more positive attitude.

For more information about this event, please read the album description.

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DSC04897 - Fire Spinning on Ocean Beach - Fire Poi by Loupiote

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Scott Spinning Fire Poi on Ocean Beach (San Francisco)

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DSC05524 - Leah spinning fire staffs (San Francisco) - Fire dancer by Loupiote

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Leah spinning fire staffs (San Francisco)

My friend Leah is a San Francisco tattoo artist and fire performer.

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DSC02565 - Playing with Fire by Loupiote

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My neighbor is playing with a propane gas torch.

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

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2971-burning-man-2005 - Aerial Acrobatics by Loupiote

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Installation and courses by Firefly Aerial Acrobatics

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

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DSC06437 - Little Girl Holding Bunch of Marigold Flowers - 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, 2016.

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

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DSC01880 - Rainbow Waterfall during the California Drought - Devil's Postpile by Loupiote

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Rainbow waterfall, in the Devil's Postpile National Monument in the Eastern Sierra (California).

There is a 4 mile hike to reach this waterfall from the Devil's Postpile parking lot. This was during the dry season and during a drought, so the waterfall had little water flowing (and no rainbow!).

For more info about this waterfall, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Falls_(California).

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DSC01959 - Women Carrying Trays Overhead (India) by Loupiote

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Shiva Lingams Hindu Ceremony, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

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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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