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DSC05507 - Skull Makeup - Dia de Los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2011.

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

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DSC04616 - 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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DSC10729 - Hindu Pilgrim on Cycle Rickshaw (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu Pilgrim on Cycle Rickshaw (India)

This old bare-feet guy was riding his rickshaw in Rajasthan (temperature 45 C / 120 F), heading for some holy place in Jammu on a Pilgrimage. This would probably take several months.

For more photos and information about cycle rickshaws, go to my cycle rickshaws photo album.

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DSC04621 - Hindu Women Drying Saris in the Wind - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Indian women drying saris in the wind ob the beach after having their Holy Bath in the Ganges river, in the Hindu Holy city of Varanasi (India)

This was on the sandy beach on the bank of the Ganges river, across from the Ghats. It is a popular spot for the Hindu pilgrims to take their Holy Bath.

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

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DSC00138 - Ruins of Submerged Village - Tehri Dam Lake (India) by Loupiote

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Ruins of one of the many villages submerged by the Tehri Reservoir (India)

View a close-up photo of the village ruins.

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 Dam Hydro Power project, go to the Tehri Dam & Lake photo series.

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DSC09839 - Galeria Paterno War Tunnel - Monte Paterno Via Ferrata by Loupiote

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Galeria Paterno war tunnel.

View more photos of the Galeria 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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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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DSC04515 - Aerial View of Kumbh Mela 2013 Festival Wrapping Down (India) by Loupiote

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This aerial photo, taken at dawn, shows the Kumbh Mela ground toward the end of the event.

On the right, the gates of some now empty Ashrams are still standing. Some of those structures were already damaged by a huge storm a couple of weeks before, that wrecked havoc and destroyed or damaged of lot of the camps and Ashrams.

Most of the Hindu pilgrims have left. Camps and Ashrams are being taken down and infrastructure is being dismantled. It looks like a ghost town, and a few weeks later, nothing will remain. A couple of months later, the Ganges river will rise with the monsoon rains and this floodplain will be under about 10 feet of water.

All the street lights that can be seen in the far back are part of the Kumbh Mela "temporary city" built in the flood plain of the Ganges river, near Allahabad.

Kumbh Mela occupies about 56 Square Kilometers (22 Square Miles) of sandy ground in the Ganges floodplain. The "permanent" population is 5 to 10 Million Hindu devotees housed in thousands of temporary Ashrams and tent camps,

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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DSC07478 - Rachel, Tuana, Mumu, Heather and Krista by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Doll House.

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DSC08601 - Lexie spinning fire poi by Loupiote

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Lexie spinning fire poi (San Francisco)

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DSC06954 - Father and Daughters Riding Tandem by Loupiote

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Father and daughters riding a tandem bicycle in Merdeka Square in Jakarta (Indonesia).

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

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DSC09942 - Rice Fields Terraces in Himalaya Valley (India) by Loupiote

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Rice fields terraces on a slope of the Pindar valley, in the Indian Himalayas.

The Pindar river flows into the Alaknanda river which is one of the headstreams of the Ganges river.

For more information about Terrace Farming, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_(agriculture)

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DSC00661 - Dead Cow Carcass (India) by Loupiote

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Carcass of a dead cow that had been pretty-much cleaned to the bones by Himalayan vultures.

They only left the head and legs (not soft and meaty enough to their tastes, I guess).

Himalayan vultures can reportedly strip a cow carcass of all meat in roughly 120 minutes!

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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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DSC09276 - Muslim Men Holding Flags at Street Parade - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Group of Muslim with Islamic flags at the Milad-un-Nabi street festival.

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

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

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

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

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

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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).

View the video.

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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If you know the name and artist for this art car, please post a comment or email me, thanks!

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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DSC03834 - Boy Spinning Colored Balls With Ropes (India) by Loupiote

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Performance artist at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

Boy performing a traditional Indian show consisting in spinning metal weights attached with ropes and forming a circle or wheel shape around a central handle. The balls attached to the ropes are heavy and the performer can get hurt if he makes any mistake.

Here are more photos of this performance.

I am sure these would look awesome at night if the balls were on fire.

If you know the name of this game, please post a Comment.

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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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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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.

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DSC05063 - Cow Nose with Grass - Water Buffalo by Loupiote

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Funny photo of a water buffalo cow snout (Borneo)

After I took a couple of photos of this water buffalo cow having a mud bath, she decided to be my friend and she followed me for the rest of the afternoon.

Photo processed in HDR with Tone Mapping from a single RAW exposure.

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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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