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8636 - rainbow gathering - hippie hats by Loupiote

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Rainbow Gathering 2004 (California)

See the album description for more information about this event.

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DSC01528 - Dragons - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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The red dragon with a rose in his mouth was the decoration of my bicycle. The golden dragon in the back is the Abraxas art car.

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

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DSC02133 - Feathers at The Great San Francisco Pillow Fight 2007 by Loupiote

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This giant pillow fight is a flashmob-type event that takes place on Justin Herman Plaza (San Francisco) on Valentine's day (Feb 14) between 6 and 8pm.

For more photos and information about the Great San Francisco Pillow Fight, please read the album description.

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09468-burning-man-2006 - Miracle Grow aka Hope Flower by Loupiote

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Miracle Grow aka Hope Flower by Patrick Shearn, Abundant Sugar and the DoLab (see the Blossoming Consciousness Tribe)

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

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DSC08567 - Hindu Stone Wheels - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Stone wheels with erotic carvings 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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DSC07047 - Daihatsu Midget Bemo Hood by Loupiote

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Bemo (Jakarta)

Bemo is short for "Becak Motor" which means "Auto Rickshaw" in Indonesian. Bemo's are public transportation vehicles (i.e. shared taxis).

Those old Three-wheeler Bemos have been banned from Jakarta because they cause a lot of pollution and are old and noisy, and dangerous, but they are still used in parts of Jakarta.

Those are the last surviving Daihatsu Midget I model bemos. The Last year of production was 1972.

For more information about the Daihatsu Midget Bemo, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_Midget

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DSC09910 - Cable Foot Bridge - Monte Paterno Via Ferrata by Loupiote

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My friend Sabine looks at the ruins of a cable bridge over a deep chasm. This is a remnant of WWI military installations on Monte Paterno.

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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DSC01044 - Bihlangna River and Tehri Dam (India) by Loupiote

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The Bihlangna valley, in the back on the photo, is now flooded by the Tehri reservoir (India)

The Tehri dam (on the right) is the highest dam in India and one of the highest in the world.

It is hard to imagine that right there, on this photo, deep under the artificial lake, just at the bottom on the dam, there is a submerged city (Tehri, now called "Old Tehri") that was the provincial capital, with a population of about 25,000. The people from Old Tehri have been relocated to New Tehri, a planned city built on the mountain above the dam.

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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DSC00809 - Giant Hamster Wheel - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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The construction of the giant hamster wheel called "Mayan TRIcycle".

For more info, go to www.facebook.com/MayanTricycle

Unfortunately this installation had some problems and it had to be closed for most of the week, becoming a static piece..

Mayan TRIcycle Crew Captain Atagirl wrote: The reason we closed the TRIke was because the wood was drier than anticipated after being in the desert for a week prior to the opening of the event and it was splinting off as the TRIke spun around. We wanted more citizens to have an opportunity to see the TRIke in action and possibly ride on it, especially our donors who helped to fund the project. Thus, we reopened it on Friday. We estimate we had approximately 3,000 citizens "take a ride" on the TRIke over the three days it was open.

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

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DSC00785 - Kids Fooling Around in Himalayan Village (India) by Loupiote

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Kids fooling around and giving me the thumbs-up in Himalayan village (India)

They are most likely siblings or cousins.

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

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DSC06913 - Human Powered Art Car - The Maltese Fulcrum - Burning Man 2010 by Loupiote

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Human Powered Art Car

Another amphibious kinetic racer, originally The Maltese Fulcrum, from the da Vinci Days festival in Corvallis , Oregon. Atop is Dean Codo, one of its creators...

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

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DSC05875 - The Honey Trap - Giant Bee Hive - Burning Man 2010 by Loupiote

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Giant Bee Hive climbable sculpture

The Honey Trap by ANIMUS Arts Collective - www.animusart.com for more info

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

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DSC00497 - Aztec Dancer with Feathers - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Aztec Dancer with Feathers - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco)

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

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

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DSC05126 - Mother and Daughter with Sugar Skull Makeup - White Feather Headdress by Loupiote

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Woman with sugar skull makeup and white feather headdress. Mother and daughter.

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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DSC04070 - Jumping Fishes at Fish Market - Lahad Datu (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Local fish merchants have a cool trick: They pin their (dead) fishes on small wooden sticks to make it look like they are jumping. You can't see the sticks on my photos, they are behind the fishes.

View my other photos of fishes jumping on a fish market stall.

Photo taken at the Fish Market in Lahad Datu (Borneo)

Watch a video that I shot in this Fish Market.

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DSC09314 - Car Decorated with a Mosque Dome and Minaret on its Roof - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Car decorated with a mosque dome and minaret on its roof, headed for the Milad un-Nabi 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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DSC05595 - Hindu Man Smoking Weed - Ritual Cannabis (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Baba (Hindu devotee) smoking a chillum of ritual cannabis at the Shivaratri Hindu festival at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu (Nepal).

During the Shivaratri festival (the 'Great Night of Shiva'), thousands of Hindu devotees and pilgrims gather at the Pashupatinath Temple to pray and celebrate Lord Shiva. Smoking holy Ganja is part of the ritual.

For more info about religious use of cannabis, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_spiritual_use_of_cann....

For more information and to see other photos of the Shivaratri festival and the Pashupatinath Temple, read the album description.

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DSC08997 - Folsom Street Fair (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Folsom Street Fair 2010 (San Francisco).

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DSC04815 - Suzi Chang - Superhero Street Fair (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Suzi Chang - Superhero Street Fair (San Francisco)

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DSC08773 - burning man 2008 - Black Rock City Fire Truck (with flame thrower!) - Sparky by Loupiote

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Black Rock City Fire Truck (with flame thrower!) - Sparky

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

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DSC08775 - Young Caribbean Woman Wearing Coconut Bra - Choukaj - Carnaval Tropical (Paris) by Loupiote

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Choukaj is a traditional creole percussion and dance group from Guadeloupe Island (French West Indies). Check their website at facebook.com/choukaj/

Photos taken at the 2012 Carnaval Tropical in Paris.

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20878-burning-man-2006 - Collapsed 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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DSC08115 - Indian Excavator Operator and his Machinery - Doosan DX225LC (India) by Loupiote

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Excavator operator taking a break (India)

The guy was pretty young. He was using the excavator to rip up old asphalt on a road in West Bengal.

This paved road was poorly constructed with a very thin layer of poor quality asphalt (a lot of gravel with little bitumen). With all the heavy truck traffic, huge potholes formed everywhere. Hopefully they will build a better road.

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8614 - vietnam - Restaurant with view on the train track by Loupiote

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Restaurant with view on the train track (Hanoi, Vietnam)

Hưng Lâu (this is the restaurant name) - Lẩu sườn đặc biệt (special ribs soup)

This is the Hanoi-Saigon train line.

There are only a few trains running every day on this track (and they run slowly on this section), so most of the times, the track is used as if it was a regular street. This means that you'll find shops, farmers markets etc along the track.

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DSC06565 - Petrol Lamps by Loupiote

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The Petrol Lamps of the Lamplighters, lit-up and ready to be installed for the night.

The guy on the right is Timezone.

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

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

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DSC08513 - Burning Man 2009 - Glowing Art Car under the Full Moon by Loupiote

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Glowing Art Car under the Full Moon

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

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DSC00074 - 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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DSC09905 - Climbers in Line - Monte Paterno Via Ferrata by Loupiote

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Young climbers waiting in line for their turn to go through an exposed vertical passage equipped with a via ferrata, near the summit of Monte Paterno.

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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Your Porn Is Watching You by KAILEY A

Porn watchers everywhere are being tracked, and if software engineer Brett Thomas is right, it would be easy to out them, along with an extensive list of every clip they’ve viewed. motherboard.vice.com/read/your-porn-is-watching-you

DSC01090 - Lathe Machine Tool (Philippines) by Loupiote

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A lathe machine tool in a workshop.

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DSC01828 - Chopper Bicycle - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Chopper bicycle near Center Camp.

The "Hoosier Daddy" bike was built by Al Brody, and he is riding it.

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

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DSC04607 - Giant American Flag - Dolores Park (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Giant American Flag - Dolores Park (San Francisco)

Someone brought a giant american flag at Dolores Park. It was about the size of a football field, and lots of people started playing with it when the wind started blowing.

For more information about this giant flag, see flagproject.org/.

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DSC01804 - Hand-Churned Ice Cream by Loupiote

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People serving delicious hand-churned strawberry and raspberry ice-cream near Center Camp. This was by far the best treat I had on the playa.

They were making the ice-cream using traditionnal method: Ice and salt. Salt, when poured on ice, causes ice to get colder, helping to cool the ice-cream.

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

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DSC09177 - Rifugio Passo Principe and Catinaccio d'Antermoia by Loupiote

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In the center of the photo, the mountain pass is called "Passo Principe", and there is a small Refugio hidden near the rocks, just left of the pass. You can see the access trail to the Refugio on the left.

The mountain on the right is Catinaccio d'Antermoia, and it is equipped with a nice Via Ferrata.

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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DSC08457 - Pyrotechnic Explosion - Chinese New Year Street Celebration (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Warzone? no, this is just the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown (San Francisco)

Each year, late on the night of the Chinese New Year, chaos erupts in the heart of Chinatown. An insane amount of very illegal firecrackers and fireworks are lit-up and detonated in the streets. The air fills-up with thick, rancid, toxic smoke. Sparks and rockets fly randomly in all directions. The local Police knows that they cannot stop the madness, so they prefer to stay away. Participants are highly advised to wear ear and eyes protection.

This unoficial event dubbed "Chinatown Bang" attracts local Chinese Americans as well as members of the San Francisco Cacophony Society. After running out of ammunitions, participants celebrate the Chinese lunar new year in local bars.

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DSC02076 - Mounted Police Clearing Access to Sangam Bathing Area - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Mounted police clearing access to the Sangam bathing area the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Hundreds of thousands Hindu pilgrims gather at dawn on the bank of the Ganges river, near 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 early 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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DSC00309 - Pilot Baba with Indian Army Soldiers - Poster at Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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A large poster of Pilot Baba with a group of Indian Soldiers. "Pilot Baba" is a famous Hindu Guru who used to be a Pilot in the Indian Army. He was a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force and fought in the ‘65 and ‘71 wars involving Pakistan.

He then decided to leave his military career and became a Mahayogi Guru, with numerous Ashrams across Northern India.

Pilot Baba had one of the largest and most luxurious Ashram at Kumbh Mela 2013. His Ashram included an indoor swimming pool, satellite WiFi, and air conditioned-room with European-style toilets for his international "guests" (mostly Russian and Japanese).

For more info about Pilot Baba, google him or go to his website: www.pilotbaba.org/.

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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DSC00820 - Five Legged Cow (India) by Loupiote

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This calf has an extra leg attached to the top of her neck. This is a birth defect called Polymelia, where conjoint twins starts developing but one twin degenerated completely except for one or more limbs, which end up attached to the other twin.

With cows, the one or two extra limbs are often attached to the top of the cow's neck. This extra legs are shrunken, deformed and non-functional, and they get strange long nails (since the nails on normal cow legs get worn by walking).

In India, when a calf is born with extra leg or two, this is like winning the jackpot: those 5 legged and 6 legged cows are seen are very holy, and the owner will parade them around and receive donations from Hindu devotees.

These two calves (one with 5 legs, and the other one with 6 legs) were transported around the city in a specially designed motor rickshaw, covered with images of the famous "Sai Baba" (not sure why).

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

Photo taken in Varanasi - also known as Benares (India).

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

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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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DSC00627 - Containers on Semi Truck - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Containers on semi truck. That's how all the equipment of the large camps arrive. Parts of the playa look like a container terminal.

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

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DSC02910 - Hijabs Shop Mannequin Heads (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Hijab Shop (Borneo)

This was at the weekend market in the village of Serikin, near the Indonesian border. Most vendors in this market are Muslims from Kalimantan (Indonesian part of Borneo), and they sell mostly islamic products to the muslim minority in Sarawak (a Malaysian state of Borneo)

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DSC07743 - Paved Trail Over 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)

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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DSC08775 - Excavators with Jackhammer Attachments by Loupiote

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Caterpillar excavators with hydraulic jackhammers are breaking the street paving.

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

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6709 - vietnam - Tribe girl with umbrella by Loupiote

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Tribe girl with umbrella (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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DSC09877 - No Entry Without Helmet - Army Sign at Allahabad Fort (India) by Loupiote

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Army sign at the Allahabad Fort. Strangely this sign is on a public street that leads to a boat landing and a police station, so it does not make much sense.

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

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

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

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DSC02807 - Map of Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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Map of the Kumbh Mela 2013 temporary city.

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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DSC00614 - burning man 2007 - Oobleck, a non-newtonian fluid made with cornstarch and water by Loupiote

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Oobleck, a non-newtonian fluid made with cornstarch and waterThe artists who created this installation are Alex, Mary, and Max.

Corn strarch and water (plus some optional green food coloring) creates a strange thick non-newtonian fluid called Oobleck. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid, i.e. its viscosity increases tremendously. A hammer will bounce on it, but you can sink your hand into it with no effort if you do it slowly. it's really fun to play with, and you can do the mix in your kitchen! (i discovered the strange properties of this mix when i was a kid, playing in the kitchen).

Check this very amusing video showing what you can do with a pool filled-up with this liquid. Just like Jesus, you can walk on the liquid!

More info on Wikipedia.

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

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DSC06410 - Man with Skull Mask Playing Flute - 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.

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DSC00596 - Alien Cats - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Art installation in the deep playa.

The installation was called "Alien Cats" by Kathy D'Onofrio from Truckee, California. Kathy has been a Deep Playa installation artist for over a decade now.

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

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DSC06504 - Woman Taking Cellphone Photo of Man with Sugar Skull Face Paint - Dia de los Muertos by Loupiote

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Sahar taking a cellphone photo of a man with sugar skull face paint.

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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