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DSC06144 - Nuwakot Palace (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Nuwakot was once the capital of the Kathmandu Valley in the days before the unification of Nepal.

Now Nuwakot is a sleepy village with an old Palace and a few Temples, perched on a hill top.

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

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DSC01996 - KLR 650 Motorbike Crash by Loupiote

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Low speed motorcycle crash on a sand patch (Death Valley)

We had a small mishap on a sandy trail in Saline Valley (now part of Death Valley National Park), on the way to the hot springs.

No-one got hurt and no damage to the motorbike, but we had to take off all the luggage to put back the heavy bike on its wheels.

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DSC07618 - Khasi Women Eating Ice Pops (India) by Loupiote

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Two Khasi women licking their popsicles (India)

I took this series of photos in a village in the East Khasi Hills, a region of the Meghalaya State in North-East India, inhabited by the Khasi people.

For more info about the Khasi people, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khasi_people.

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DSC04777 - Sadhu Smoking Chillum of Weed on the Ghats of Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Sadhu (Hindu Holy man) with ritual rudraksha Beads, smoking a chillum of ritual cannabis on the Ghats of Varanasi (India).

This Sadhus was telling very funny stories and all the Indian people around him were laughing a lot. They called him "Funny Baba".

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...

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DSC09819 - Going Down from Via Ferrata Tridentina (Dolomites) by Loupiote

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That's one of the ways down after climbing the via ferrata Tridentina, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

This trail is not the shortest but it offers great views of the via ferrata that we just climbed.

Via Ferratas are climbing routes permanently equipped with a safety cable. For more info about via ferrata, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata.

For more info about the Brigata Tridentina via ferrata, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrata_Tridentina.

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

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DSC03761 - Photographer Jordano Cipriani - Kumbh Mela 2013 Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Award Winning Photographer Jordano Cipriani is napping after shooting all night and early morning of Vasant Panchami Snan (an important bathing day), at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India).

Check out Cipriani's amazing photos on his website: www.giordanocipriani.com.

He had an official Press Pass card. I didn't have one but I managed to get past the fences and through the Police lines with the other "accredited" photographers.

I only had one DSLR camera (s Sony A55) and a couple of lenses and a bunch of batteries, and already i felt that carrying 3 Kg of camera equipment in this circumstances was hard enough.

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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DSC01953 - Clay Shiva Linga's Offering Ceremony - Kumbh Mela Festival (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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DSC01973 - Throwing Clay Shiva Lingams 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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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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DSC08998 - Hindu Festival - Walking on Men's Shoulders (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu Festival in a small village in Jharkhand state (India).

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Based on the date (April 11, 2013), this may be Ugadi or Gudi Padwa, a celebration of the New Year's Day according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugadi

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudi_Padwa

If you can identify the exact name of the Festival or have more info about this ritual, please post a comment!

The Hindu priest of the village walks from a Temple to a nearby pond, over the shoulders of the young men of the village, while a group of older men beat drums with canes.

As soon as the priest has walked on the shoulders of a man, that man runs back to the front of the line and sits on the ground again.

The bare-foot Hindu priest will walk all the way to the pond without touching the ground, and the ceremony will continue near the water.

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DSC07767 - burning man 2007 - Burning Man set on fire early due to arson by Loupiote

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Burning Man set on fire early due to arson by Paul Addis (RIP).

Read the whole story on laughingsquid.com.

Found this interesting related news clip:

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Black Rock City (AP) - After the early torching of the Burning Man festival signature figure by an arsonist, the Burning Man Organization decided that all future copies of the "Man" would be made in China and shipped to Nevada.

"We already purchase all our fireworks from China", said Larry Harvey, one of the co-founders of the Burning Man festival. "So it made sense to outsource the Man too."

"Chinese-built copies of the 40-foot tall Man will cost us about 10 times less than domestic copies, and this will save us a lot of green stuff", Harvey explained, referring to this year’s "Green Man" theme.

"The Chinese Man will be 100% identical to the domestic version, very combustible and based on the same original blueprints from my good friend John Law. We don't expect any lead poisoning problems", Harvey added.

There has been rumors that the significant cost saving will permit the festival organization to burn a copy of the Man every night of the week, which some see as environmentally questionable as well as a disguised way to prevent any future early torching of the figure.

The first batch of Chinese-made Man is expected to ship early august 2008, and there are currently no plans to make Chinese copies available to the general public, although this is being discussed in the organization.

On the Net: www.burningman.com

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

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DSC09242 - Oxy-Acetylene Torch by Loupiote

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Welder holding 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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DSC08841 - Rave Lights - Laser shadows in warehouse underground rave party by Loupiote

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Laser Show and shadows of people dancing in a warehouse underground rave party ("Full Melt" by Subscience Collective, San Francisco, California).

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DSC08971 - burning man 2007 - Department of Spontaneous Combustion by Loupiote

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Human-powered fire tricycle, by the Department of Spontaneous Combustion - see www.spontaneousfire.com

This one is by Scott Cocking

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

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DSC04624 - Clown Act - Mumu Circus Performer by Loupiote

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My friend Mumu getting ready to go to Bali for her "One Woman Circus Tour".

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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DSC08907 - Burning Man 2009 - Stagecoach art car by Loupiote

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Stagecoach art car

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

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DSC05326 - Skull Makeup and Victorian Attire - White Wig - Red Flower Headdress by Loupiote

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Woman with sugar skull makeup and Victorian style attire with white dress, white wig and a big red flower headpiece. Candle light.

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2012.

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

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DSC11369 - Cenotaph ruins - Orchha (India) by Loupiote

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Cenotaph ruins - Orchha (India)

A cenotaph is an "empty tomb" or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.

For more information about Orchha, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchha

For more information about cenotaphs, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenotaph

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20739-burning-man-2006 - Up-side down by Loupiote

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Up-side down at the top on the giant three-legged alien

Giant Three-Legged Alien : I. T. by Michael Christian

For more info about Michael Christian, go to michaelchristian.com.

Check my other photos of the Giant Three-Legged Alien!

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

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DSC07735 - Stone Trail on Living Root Bridge - Mawlynnong (India) by Loupiote

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Jingmaham living root bridge near Mawlynnong in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

When I took these photos, it was the dry season and there was very little water in the river, so it could also be crossed by walking over the rocks.

For more photos and information about those amazing living root bridges, go to:

- My Living Root Bridges album.

- Timothy Allen's blog

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DSC09991 - Woman Riding Royal Enfield Bullet Thunderbird Motorcycle by Loupiote

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This is my friend Bun Bun (Chelsea), trying a Royal Enfield bullet motorbike at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival, near Allahabad (India).

The motorbike was a bit too heavy for her. 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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DSC09914 - Monte Paterno Via Ferrata - Dolomites by Loupiote

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The via ferrata trail follows small ledges on vertical cliffs.

Monte Paterno via ferrata, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

Via Ferratas are climbing routes permanently equipped with a safety cable. For more info about via ferrata, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata.

For more info about Monte Paterno, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Paterno.

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

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DSC09876 - Summit of Monte Paterno by Loupiote

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The summit of Monte Paterno can be crowded on sunny days. It can be reached by relatively easy via ferrata that is very popular among local youth.

Monte Paterno via ferrata, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

Via Ferratas are climbing routes permanently equipped with a safety cable. For more info about via ferrata, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata.

For more info about Monte Paterno, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Paterno.

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

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DSC09804 - Ponte Tridentina - Dolomites by Loupiote

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View from the mountain at the top of the via ferrata Tridentina, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

You can see the famous suspension footbridge, visible from the road below, that passes over a vertiginous vertical chasm.

The climbing route involves ascending more than 2,500 feet (750m) of almost vertical cliff, equipped with cables and occasional metal ladders or steps.

Via Ferratas are climbing routes permanently equipped with a safety cable. For more info about via ferrata, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata.

For more info about the Brigata Tridentina via ferrata, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrata_Tridentina.

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

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7538 - vietnam - veterinarian spays a female piglet - 4 of 13 by Loupiote

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Country veterinarian spays a female piglet (Vietnam)

Making the incision!

Spaying is a common and simple surgical operation to remove or disable a female animal’s ovaries.

Here the operation takes place in the village's pig market. The screaming piglet is attached up-side down on a piece of wood. The veterinarian performs a small incision that does not cause any bleeding (he must have done that operation very often and knows exactly where to cut). Then he inserts his bare fingers (no gloves, no scrubbing) in the piglet's belly through the incision to find the ovaries. Hopefully the animal has a good immune system! The ovaries are extracted, ligatured and put back inside, then the incision is stitched. Of course no anesthetic is used, so the piglet was very vocal during the entire operation that lasted no more than 5 minutes. After the operation the piglet seemed totally exhausted and suddenly very quite, after oinking very loudly during the whole ordeal.

See the other photos of the piglet spaying operation.

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7535 - vietnam - veterinarian spays a female piglet - 2 of 13 by Loupiote

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Country veterinarian spays a female piglet (Vietnam)

Piglet is oinking very loudely and does not like being hanged up-side down!

Spaying is a common and simple surgical operation to remove or disable a female animal’s ovaries.

Here the operation takes place in the village's pig market. The screaming piglet is attached up-side down on a piece of wood. The veterinarian performs a small incision that does not cause any bleeding (he must have done that operation very often and knows exactly where to cut). Then he inserts his bare fingers (no gloves, no scrubbing) in the piglet's belly through the incision to find the ovaries. Hopefully the animal has a good immune system! The ovaries are extracted, ligatured and put back inside, then the incision is stitched. Of course no anesthetic is used, so the piglet was very vocal during the entire operation that lasted no more than 5 minutes. After the operation the piglet seemed totally exhausted and suddenly very quite, after oinking very loudly during the whole ordeal.

See the other photos of the piglet spaying operation.

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DSC00915 - Burning Man 2009 - The Man is Burning by Loupiote

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The Man is Burning - The Burn

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

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DSC07431 - Metal Dragon Head with Fire by Loupiote

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This is Duane Flatmo's Tin Pan Dragon, an amphibious Kinetic Sculpture Racer, Of course, he is now renowned for his El Pulpo Mecanico flaming octopus.art car.

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

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DSC05588 - Bride and Groom dressed as bride - Akatrielle - Brides of March (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Bride and Groom dressed as bride - 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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DSC02582 - Honda Valkyrie - Dykes on Bikes by Loupiote

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Two women riding a huge Honda Valkyrie motorbike (1500cc) at the traditional "Dykes on Bikes" parade.

For more info about this bike, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Valkyrie.

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

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DSC07569 - Cable Riggers Installing Power Lines on Transmission Tower (India) by Loupiote

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Crew of cable riggers installing power lines on transmission tower (India)

It is a complicated operation that involves ropes, pulleys and a lot of workers. At the foot of the pylon, you can see large wheels of aluminium cables that will be used for the power lines.

One of the guys up in the tower is not wearing any safety harness!

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DSC05379 - Mumu spinning Fire Staffs by Loupiote

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My friend Mumu spinning fire staffs at her "One Woman Circus Tour" fundraising performance in the Mission (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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DSC08532 - Burning Man 2009 - Skull Art Car by Loupiote

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Skull Art Car

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

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DSC09429 - burning man 2007 - Fire Performer - fire fans by Loupiote

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Dancing with fire fans

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

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DSC04997 - Double Outrigger Fishing Canoe on Beach by Loupiote

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A fisherman and his son are pulling their small canoe to sea before sunset.

This is Kelambu beach. Truly a beautiful secluded beach, hard to reach and far away for the nearest village. I decided to camp on that desert beach.

View my other photos of Kelambu beach.

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20131-burning-man-2006 - Mondo Spider with passenger by Loupiote

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Mondo Spider by the Mondo Spider Project

You can see a video I made of the Mondo Spider in action here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLOVdo_Qu3E

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

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DSC09439 - Construction of the Planned Urban Development "Gaur City 1" in Greater Noida (India) by Loupiote

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Construction of the planned township "Gaur City 1" East of Delhi (India)

An entire neighborhood is being built to provide housing and commercial spaces for the growing middle-class in the Delhi area.

Villages and agricultural lands have been bulldozed to make room for this huge planned development, part of the "Greater Noida" project.

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

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DSC00187 - Line of Hindu Pilgrims at Temple Gate by Loupiote

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The lines to enter this temple are segregated by gender. In front, the women's line.

Photo taken in Daraganj during 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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DSC06713 - Bad Airport Screening - Air Travel Safety by Loupiote

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Security at the Mulu airport is a bit of a joke.

Past the security checkpoint and X-ray screening, there is a souvenir shop (in the secure boarding area) where anyone can buy traditional Penan machetes like this one.

Those are the real machete, with very sharp blades, that are used everyday by local Penan villagers to cut trails in the jungle.

I think this defeats the point of having security screening with an X-ray machine and a metal detector if you can buy a weapon after going through security, and take it on board!

For more information about the Mulu Airport, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulu_Airport

Photo taken in Gunung National Park (Borneo)

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DSC05798 - Clearwater Connection Cave Map - Caving in Mulu (Borneo) by Loupiote

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This is a cave map with the approximate path of the "Clearwater Connection adventure caving tour" in Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo)

The Clearwater Connection circuit is about 8 Km long and 6 hours of walking, scrambling, crawling and squeezing. No rappelling or technical climbing is needed, but knotted ropes are used at numerous places to pass difficult obstacles. The tour enters by Wind Cave and exits by the Clearwater River Cave. This is one of the most interesting caving tour that can be done by park visitors in Mulu.

The Clearwater System is believed to be the largest interconnected cave system in the world by volume and the 9th longest cave in the world at 189 Km (as of 2011).

For more photos, information and cave map, view my Clearwater cave photo series.

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DSC01008 - Lumberjacks Using a Two-Man Crosscut Saw (India) by Loupiote

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Lumberjacks cutting a big log with a two-man crosscut saw (India)

Most lumberjacks in India work with manual tools like axes and hand saws. It just takes them longer to cut a tree, but they get the job done.

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DSC04603 - Clown Act - Mumu Circus Performer by Loupiote

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My friend Mumu getting ready to go to Bali for her "One Woman Circus Tour".

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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DSC00720 - Circular Rail Tracks Construction - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Installation of the circular railtracks at the base of a giant mobile sculpture.

The Universe Revolves Around You, by Zachary Coffin.

Sadely, something broke and the huge sculpture could not move on its rails for the last 3 days of the week.

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

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DSC09137 - Kid with Climbing Gear by Loupiote

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Teen girl with climbing gear and Via Ferrata kit on the Via Scalette in the Dolomites (Italian Alps)

Via Ferratas are climbing routes permanently equipped with a safety cable. For more info about via ferrata, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata.

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

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DSC07311 - Industrial Tunnel - 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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DSC01886 - Hindu Procession at Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu Guru (dressed in white) leading a procession of members of his Ashram, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

In this procession, women were carrying coconut offerings on their heads.

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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2223-burning-man-2005 - Fire pendulum by Loupiote

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Chaotick (fire pendulum) by Larry Breed.

In the back, the vertical blue line is That's One Tall Fucking Thing aka the Beanstalk by Mike Light, David Rattray, and Wil Van Hazel. It's a dynamic light sculpture made of a long line of blinking christmas lights hanging from a very high helium balloon. Check my other photos of the Beanstalk.

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

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5398 - Yellow Silk-producing Insect Larvas (Vietnam) by Loupiote

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These are either Saturniidae, or a closely related family (Thanks, Boris!).

Live "Nhộng Tằm" worms sold in Food Market (don't lick your screen!)

Best eaten fried (really crispy!). Nhộng Tam worms are a delicacy in some parts of Vietnam, but I didn't get a change to try that for diner.

Those are some type of Silkworms (but not Lepidoptera). They produce a cocoon that is harvested by the tribe people in Northern Vietnam. They are most likely moth larvae, either Saturniidae, or a closely related family.

After beeing extracted from the silk cocoon, the worms are eaten (naturally!). I'm not sure how they are cooked or served, though...

If you know the genus of those insect larvae, please post a comment or email me.

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DSC07023 - Shoveling Coal in Furnace of Steam Locomotive - Darjeeling (India) by Loupiote

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Railroad worker is shoveling coal into the furnace of a steam locomotive.

View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).

For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.

For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.

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DSC04136 - Pontoon Bridges over Ganges River - Panorama - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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High resolution panorama of two of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Looks amazing when viewed in high-resolution.

These pontoon bridges are 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.

This stitched image was produced from multiple exposures with the Sony in-camera stitching software.

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

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DSC07543 - Giant Chair Art Car by Loupiote

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This art car is called "Chairman of the Bored" by Pete Day.

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

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