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DSC05873 - Bendición de San Francisco Solano - Humahuaca (Argentina) - 5 of 23 by Loupiote

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The benediction of San Francisco Solano in Humahuaca (Argentina)

In the village of Humahuaca, in Northern Argentina, every day at precisely 12-noon, on the city-hall bell-tower, heavy copper doors slowly open and a life-size animated wooden, dramatic-looking statue of San Francisco Solano appears for about two minutes and gives his benediction to the silent crowd amassed on the village plaza.

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2192-burning-man-2005 - Giant Flower - miracle grow by patrick shearn and al by Loupiote

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Miracle Grow by Patrick Shearn and his team (see the Blossoming Consciousness Tribe)

This giant flower was one of the best art piece at Burning Man this year!

Check my other photos of Miracle Grow.

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

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DSC02428 - Parade of Gurus - 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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DSC09882 - Allahabad Fort - Boats on the Yamuna River (India) by Loupiote

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Pilgrims on row boats during the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

Thousands of pilgrims take small row boats to reach the Sangam, where they take the holy bath. The river boats go around the impressive Allahabad Fort which is just upstream from 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.

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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DSC04130 - Pyramid Ashram and Pontoon Bridge - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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This is one of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

In the back, a large Ashram in the shape of a pyramid.

If you know the name of the Pyramid Ashram, please post a Comment!

This pontoon bridge is over the Ganges (Ganga) river. Those floating bridges are built on top of large empty metal tanks, and are anchored to the river bottom with ropes on the upstream side of the bridge. Those bridges are mostly used for pedestrian traffic. During high affluence periods when large crowds are crossing the floating bridges, bridges are one-way, with alternating direction for each other bridge. This rule was taken after a stampede in a previous year caused the bridge railing to fail and many people to fall in the river and drawn (most of the Hindu pilgrims cannot swim!).

The water was very low in the Ganges river at the time, so in fact this bridge was not floating, but just sitting on the sandy bottom of the shallow 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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DSC03745 - Man with Red Lipstick - Folsom St Fair 2012 by Loupiote

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Man with red lipstick and red lips headpiece. His name is Fadi Okalillan.

Photo taken at the Folsom Street Fair 2012 (San Francisco).

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DSC03288 - Stone Angel - Recoleta Cemetery (Buenos Aires) by Loupiote

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Statue of Angel - Recoleta Cemetery (Buenos Aires)

The expression of this angel is so intense that i stayed a long time staring at it.

For more information about La Recoleta cemetery, read the album description.

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cd2-007_5a - burning man 2003 - Human Hamster Wheel by Loupiote

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Giant human hamster wheel on the Playa. Or is it called a guinea pig wheel?

I don't think it qualifies to be called an Art Car.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2003 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC03835 - Man Holding Pet Corn Snake - Folsom Street Fair by Loupiote

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Pet corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus guttatus), also called red rat snake.

For more info about Corn Snakes, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_snake

Photo taken at the Folsom Street Fair 2012 (San Francisco).

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DSC01101 - Indian Groom with Fringes Hat at his Wedding (India) by Loupiote

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Indian groom at his wedding in Rishikesh (India)

The groom is wearing the traditional Indian wedding costume with bank notes attached. He was riding a decorated horse in the street.

If you know the name of this type of hat with fringes, please post a Comment!

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6596 - vietnam - Mien Yao/Dao tribe woman by Loupiote

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Mien Yao/Dao tribe woman (Mèo Vac, Vietnam)

The teeth covered with gold-like metal indicate that this woman is married. It's convenient: as soon as the woman or teenage girl smiles, you know if she is single or not! Girls from ethnic minorities (i.e. tribes) marry at about 14 or 15 years of age.

See more smiles with golden teeth!.

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DSC06931 - Railroad Workers Monument - Uyuni (Bolivia) by Loupiote

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One of the many railroad monuments in Uyuni (Bolivia).

The worker is holding a wrench and a train steam engine wheel.

Uyuni used to have the largest train yard in Bolivia, at the time where steam trains were a primary mode of transportation. Now the train lines in Bolivia are falling into disrepair and few trains still run (very slowly) on the old tracks. The Uyuni train yard is mostly abandoned, and Railroad Monuments like this one all around the city are reminders of its glorious railroad past.

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DSC01937 - Abandoned Train Station - Petite Ceinture - Abandoned railway (Paris, France) by Loupiote

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Abandoned Train Station

The "Petite Ceinture" or "PC" (Small Belt) is an abandoned railway line in the city of Paris (France).

The PC circles around Paris, hence the name "Small Belt". It was used for metro-type passenger trains until 1934. Since then, it is completely abandoned, made obsolete by the new underground metro lines, but most of the rails, tunnels and stations still exist. The PC mostly runs in trench or overpasses, with a few tunnel segments.

A classic destination for Parisian graffiti artists and urban explorers! Of course, this is a NO TRESPASSING area, and the Police Ferroviaire (Railway Police) occasionally writes hefty tickets to trespassers.

Check my other photos of railways.

For more photos and information about this abandoned railway line, please go to my Petite Ceinture photo album.

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DSC01915 - Clay Shiva Linga's Hindu Offerings in Trays - Procession - Ceremony - Kumbh Mela (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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DSC01933 - KLR 650 Motorbike Crash on Dirt Road by Loupiote

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My KLR 650 motorbike decided to take a nap!

The motorbike does not have a scratch, but I cracked two ribs in the mishap. My friend was ok with minor scratches.

The hard part is always to put the heavy bike back on its wheels.

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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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DSC01241 - 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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RNT06773 - Skull Sculpture - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Skull Sculpture

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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RNT06830 - Salle Z - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Voutes de la Salle Z (Secteur du Val-de-Grâce).

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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RNT06655 - Etched Stone Plates - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Rue jacques côté du couchant - 262 - Municipalité du XIIeme arrondissement

Etched Stone Plate indicating the location.

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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DSC07348 - Be Gentle on my Curve - Road Sign (India) by Loupiote

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"Be Gentle on my Curves" road sign on mountain road (India)

The last "s" is missing!

Road sign from BRO (the Border Roads Organisation), that built the mountains roads and bridges between West Bengal and Sikkim, as part of "Project Swastik".

For more info about the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Roads_Organisation.

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DSC09272 - Muslim Men Waving Flags on Truck Roof - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Young Muslim men waving flags on truck roof at the Milad-un-Nabi parade. The smoke is from firecrackers.

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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DSC03024 - Caterpillar MP30 Concrete Pulverizer Jaws by Loupiote

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Caterpillar MP30 Concrete Pulverizer Jaws - Caterpillar 385C Ultra High Demolition Excavator - Building Demolition - PHSH - Abandoned Hospital (Presidio, San Francisco)

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 my PHSH page.

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DSC06829 - Burning Man 2009 - Soma - Giant neuron by the Flaming Lotus Girls by Loupiote

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Soma, created by the Flaming Lotus Girls, captures the essence of a neuron. Spinning balls of fire act as nuclei within the dodecahedron cell bodies. Dendrites extend up into the sky and reach down to the earth, emitting constant flame and color changing light. Along her axon, extend eighteen individually controlled fire effects across the stainless steel arch with sequenced LEDs on the underside.

For more information about this art installation, go to www.flaminglotus.com/

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

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DSC00521 - Floating Bridge over the Ganges River at Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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This is one of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

This pontoon bridge is over the Ganges (Ganga) river. Those floating bridges are built on top of large empty metal tanks, and are anchored to the river bottom with ropes on the upstream side of the bridge. Those bridges can support trucks up to 10 Tons, but to be safe, the maximum weight was set to 5 Tons. Those bridges are mostly used for pedestrian traffic. During high affluence periods when large crowds are crossing the floating bridges, bridges are one-way, with alternating direction for each other bridge. This rule was taken after a stampede in a previous year caused the bridge railing to fail and many people to fall in the river and drawn (most of the Hindu pilgrims cannot swim!).

The water was very low in the Ganges river at the time, so in fact this bridge was not floating, but just sitting on the sandy bottom of the shallow river.

In the back, the large pyramid is an Ashram, made of bamboo and straw.

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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7735 - cooked dog by the pound by Loupiote

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Dog meat sold on the market (Lang Sơn, Vietnam)

This photo is part of a series called Thịt chó: eating a (hot) dog. 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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DSC04216 - Kids playing games on iPad and iPhone by Loupiote

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Brother and sister playing video games on iPad and iPhone. The games can be controled by just moving the screen.

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09628-burning-man-2006 - Praying Mantis art-car by Loupiote

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Praying Mantis art-car

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

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DSC02364 - Suliman Nawid - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Fashion designer and model Suliman Nawid in the air at Center Camp.

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

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2498-burning-man-2005 - nicole in ball pit by Loupiote

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Nicole in the Ball Pit

Pall Pit by Colby Boles & Erin Usher (Black Rock City Animal Control)

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

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DSC01113 - Jeepney doing U-Turn (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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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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DSC08009 - Indian School Bus - Overloaded Car (India) by Loupiote

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School children clinging on overloaded school jeep in Meghalaya (India)

This is the Indian version of a school bus.

The girls are inside, while the boys are on the roof and clinging to the back.

Jeeps take as much passengers as possible, there is no maximum occupation or maximum load rules in India!

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DSC01932 - KLR 650 Motorcycle Crash on Trail by Loupiote

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My KLR 650 motorbike decided to take a nap!

It is hard to tell on the photo, but the trail was pretty steep and I crashed going downhill (slow).

The motorbike does not have a scratch, but I bruised a foot in the mishap.

The hard part is always to put the heavy bike back on its wheels.

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DSC09588 - burning man 2007 - Cartoon Art Car by Loupiote

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

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DSC08719 - Cow Dung Drying in a Field (India) by Loupiote

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Cow dung drying in a field. In rural India, dried cow dung is used as fuel and as building material. Cow dung is also called gobar.

I saw this on an Indian website: "Anyone who has eaten chapaties (flat bread) cooked on a gobar fire can testify how this fuel enhances their taste".

Photo taken from the window of a train between Delhi and Lucknow.

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DSC01299 - burning man 2007 - Swarm by Loupiote

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One of the spheres from Swarm, by Michael Prados - see www.orbswarm.com/I totally love the way the blue light draws a spider image on the playa. I don't think this was intended.

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

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DSC09598 - Haathi Parvat Mountain (India) by Loupiote

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Haathi Parvat mountain also known as Elephant Peak (6,727 m - 22,070 ft), viewed from the Auli ski resort near Joshimath (India)

It looks amazing in high resolution.

For more info about this mountain, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haathi_Parvat.

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RNT06665 - Bacchus - Cataphile - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Cataphile légendaire "Bacchus" - Famous Paris Catacombs Urban Caver.

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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DSC09871 - Slacklining - Slack Rope Walking - Young Street Circus Performer (India) by Loupiote

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Young girl walking on a slack rope in an small street circus performance.

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

Photo taken at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

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

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DSC09855 - Cobra Snake Handler (India) by Loupiote

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Snake handler holding Cobra at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

Behind the snakes eye you can see the scar where the fangs and venom glands were surgically removed.

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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DSC02448 - Hindu Guru on the Roof of his Decorated Jeep - 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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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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DSC07953 - SFPD Police arresting peaceful reveler - Bay to Breakers (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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SFPD Police cracking-down and arresting many peaceful revelers during the Bay to Breakers footrace festival. It did not appear that the people they arrested were drunk or causing any trouble. They got arrested just because they were partying in the street. Police apparently had orders to crack-down on all festivities on city streets at the 2011 Bay to Breakers race.

SFPD Police did not arrest people that were partying on Park land (Pan handle and Golden Gate Park). I suppose that the rules for arresting people on Park property are a bit different.

Photo taken at the 2011 Bay to Breakers footrace and street festival (San Francisco).

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5676 - vietnam - Red dao tribe women sitting by Loupiote

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Indigenous women from the Red Dao hill tribe sitting on a rock near Sa Pa (Vietnam)

This hill tribe is also called Red Dzao or Red Yao.

The Dao (pronounced Zao) are the 9th largest ethnic group in Vietnam with a population of just under 500,000. They belong to the Hmong Dao language group and are believed to have started migrating from China in the 13th century. The women wear some of the most colorful and diverse costumes of all ethnic groups but can be identified by their black trousers richly embroidered with flower or small star patterns. Their jackets can be red or black usually with embroidered borders. The ensemble is topped by a black or red turban together with chunky silver jewelry. In addition most Dao women shave off their eyebrows and foreheads as this is traditionally regarded as a sign of beauty.

For more info about the Red Dao people, go to globalwanderings.co.uk/ethnic_minorities/dao.shtml.

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DSC04947 - Hermandad de la Resurrección - Paso de la Virgen - Semana Santa en Sevilla by Loupiote

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Traditional processions during the Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Sevilla, Spain

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20693-burning-man-2006 - Kiwi by Loupiote

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Kiwi

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

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burning-man-2003 - head-maze - Body Paint by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Burning Man 2003 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

This could be a cool head tattoo idea...

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DSC06563 - Burning Man 2009 - Assembling a Geodesic Dome by Loupiote

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Camp Crew Assembling a Geodesic Dome

I believe that this is the Sukkat Shalom camp.

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

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DSC09389 - Beautiful Eye - Iris Freckles by Loupiote

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Zoey's eye (better viewed in large size)

Her other eye is here.

Zoey has some of the most beautiful eyes that i've ever seen.

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