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For a good fake blood recipe, read to the album description.

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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DSC08185 - Truck Hanging Off Overpass - Traffic Accident (India) by Loupiote

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Truck hanging off a bridge after serious traffic accident (India)

The accident happened shortly before, and the truck drivers (or what was left of them) had already been removed from the wreck.

It may look strange that the guardrail seems intact In fact a good section of the guardrail was destroyed (you can see the broken guardrail on this photo). The truck must have been going pretty fast when it flew off the bridge and hit the ground pretty fast and then rotated into a near vertical position after its front smashed the ground.

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DSC01981 - Pedestrian Bridge - Petite Ceinture - Abandoned railway (Paris, France) by Loupiote

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Pedestrian Bridge

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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DSC00509 - burning man 2007 - Rebuilt Man is installed by Loupiote

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Rebuilt Man is installedThe first Man was destroyed prematurely by arson by Paul Addis (RIP).

Found this interesting 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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DSC00462 - Girl dancing - PLUR by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the San Francisco LoveFest 2008.

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DSC01545 - Maryam with Djembe Drum by Loupiote

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This is my friend Maryam with her Djembe drum.I took this series of photos in a small hostel in Rishikesh (India).

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DSC08423 - Indian Man with Short Beard and Red Headwear (India) by Loupiote

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I took this photo at a cattle market I stumbled upon on the road in West Bengal (India).

All the local farmers were there to buy and sell livestock. Most of them were Muslim. This is a portrait of one of those farmers.

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DSC00544 - Skull Makeup - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Man with Skull Face Paint - Dia de Los Muertos (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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01002580 - Living Root Bridge over Small Stream near Mawlynnong (India) by Loupiote

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Small 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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DSC09879 - Christ with Barbwire Crown by Loupiote

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Christ with barbwire crown at the summit of Monte Paterno mountain.

The barbwire crown is to commemorate the bloody battles that took place in this area during WWI between the Austrian and Italian armies.

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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DSC01962 - Men Carrying Trays Overhead (India) by Loupiote

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

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

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

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

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

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DSC06187 - Pet Boa Snake - Sticking tongue out by Loupiote

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Pet Boa Snake - Sticking tongue out

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DSC10288 - Hotel notice showing midnight curfew law - Luang Prabang (Laos) by Loupiote

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Hotel notice showing midnight curfew law - Luang Prabang (Laos)

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DSC02628 - Man with Long Braided Dreadlocks Hair by Loupiote

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I thought this guy could be Amish, but the beard does not match. Maybe just a hippie with a great style.

I like the double braided dreadlocks, the half broken eyeglasses, the rubber band bracelets and the bowler hat with a feather.

Photo taken at the San Francisco Folsom Street Fair 2007.

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DSC01521 - burning man 2007 - Fire - Temple of Forgiveness by Loupiote

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Temple of Forgiveness - Designed by David Best and Tim Dawson - see ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/thetemplecrew/

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

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DSC07670 - Burning Man 2009 - Aerialists on "The Heron" by Loupiote

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Aerialists on "The Heron" at dusk.

The Heron Project by Christina Sporrong.

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

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

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DSC08894 - Hindu Pilgrims at Lingaraja Temple - Bhubaneswar (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu pilgrims coming out of the Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar (India)

Lingaraja is a very Holy temple visited by thousands of Hindu pilgrims every day. Unfortunately, non-Hindu people are not allowed in the temple. The temple is more than 1100 year old and dedicated to Harihara, a form of Shiva.

For more info about the Lingaraja Temple, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingaraja_Temple.

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DSC08804 - Nawabi Mahal Ruins - Lucknow Residency (India) by Loupiote

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Strings of red flags on a ruined monument in the British Residency park in Lucknow (India)

This ruined building is called Nawabi Mahal [Tomb] or Nawabi Masjid [Mosque] or the Imambara. Not sure what the correct name is.

If you have more information about the Nawabi Mahal, please post a comment!

For more info about this place, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Residency_Lucknow

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DSC07963 - Police Mass Arrest Kit - Ready-Made Flex Cuffs 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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DSC00177 - Baba with Dreadlocks by Loupiote

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Baba with long dreadlocks tied into a big knot, in Daraganj during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Even though there are millions of Babas and pilgrims at this festival, I bumped into this Baba twice at completely different locations.

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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DSC00143 - Little Girl Filling-Up Plastic Bucket at Water Hose by Loupiote

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This water hose is the only source of clean water in the area, and it is used by all the people living in shanty houses around the Daraganj road bridge.

The big concrete yellow thing is a pillar of the road bridge.

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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DSC05284 - Medics Treating Patient by Loupiote

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The Ciccio Italian medical team is treating an injured woman in Golden Gate Park.

Photo taken at the Bay to Breaker footrace and street party (San Francisco)

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DSC06513 - Flying Bird Eating In My Hand by Loupiote

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Feeding bread crumbs to a hungry bird in China Town (San Francisco)

Remember, birds are in fact flying dinosaurs, the only survivors from this extinct prehistoric animal family that had ruled the world, so they deserve some respect!

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8372-fire-dancer-using-lightsticks - rainbow gathering - hippie by Loupiote

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Rainbow Gathering 2004 (California)

See the album description for more information about this event.

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DSC07730 - Fire - Some art burning by Loupiote

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Some large art structure being burned on the last day of the festival.

This piece was called Zark! by Quentin Davis.

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

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DSC09260 - Sound System at Parade - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Rack of bullhorns loudspeakers on a truck during the Milad un-Nabi street parade.

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

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

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

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DSC03167 - Bamboo Walkway - Annah Rais Longhouse (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Elevated bamboo walkway in Annah Rais traditional Longhouse village (Borneo)

Traditional longhouse villages are formed of group of houses built on stilts. The houses of a group are connected with a bamboo walkway that allows people to go from one house to another one without having to walk in the mud.

The Annah Rais village is obviously maintained in pristine conditions because it is a known tourist attraction, but many indigenous people still live in this village. Most inhabitants speak english because nowadays their main source of revenue is by selling souvenirs and traditional items to visiting tourists.

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DSC09036 - Burning Man 2009 - Light Painting by Loupiote

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Light Painting with a green Glow-Stick

I drew this one. It was a challenge to get the moon at the head location! I was looking at the shadow of my head and when it was over the camera, it meant my head was where the moon would be. Fun!

This other one that I shot the same evening is way better.

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

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DSC05257-v2 - Soeur Mystrah - Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - Brides of March (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Soeur Mystrah is a French member of the order of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (Paris chapter Couvent de Paname ).

For more information about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgenge, see the album description.

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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DSC00473 - Jasmin Aigner at Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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My friend Jasmin at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

If you have an email that works for her, please email me, I don't have a working contact to reach her.

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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DSC00900 - Cremation of a Dead Person - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu cremation ritual at one of the Burning Ghats in Varanasi (India).

The corpse of a deceased person is burned on a funeral pyre, until only ashes remain. Then, the ashes are thrown in the Ganges river. The process takes about 3 hours.

On the right side of the fire, you can see a smoking foot sticking out.

Further on the right of the photo, a goat is eating the orange marigold flower offerings.

In Varanasi, open-air cremations are done day and night at several "Burning Ghats" along the Ganges river.

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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6841v2 - Heap of Real Dynamite Sticks (Vietnam) by Loupiote

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Real dynamite sticks used by a road construction team for rock blasting (Vietnam)

Check my other photos of dynamite sticks and blasting caps.

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

I stopped to see what the road construction people were doing and I realized that there was 20 pounds of dynamite sitting on the road just next to me! There were sticks of dynamite all over the place, as well as blasting caps. The motorized traffic on this country road is so infrequent that they did not really care about any sort of traffic control. Just don't be there when they blast! Next blast in 15 minutes.

I had never seen real dynamite in my life. It feels strange to be so close from something that can blow you to small pieces. I hope the dynamite they use is good quality and stable. I still have the stick they gave me as a souvenir (just kidding). Actually I don't think they would have cared if one was missing, though. There were so many sticks everywhere!

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DSC00715 - burning man 2007 - The rebuilt Green Man by Loupiote

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The rebuilt Green ManThe first Man was prematurely destroyed by arson.

Found this interesting 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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DSC06903 - Rave party in the desert by Loupiote

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Rave party in the desert

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DSC08963 - 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 Don Cain

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

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DSC05103 - Dead Bride - Sugar Skull Makeup and Rainbow Color Flowers by Loupiote

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Woman in white dress and white veil with sugar skull makeup and multicolor flowers.

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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DSC07237 - Karina at Hare Krishna "Chariot Festival of India" (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Karina, age 13, performing traditional dance

Check-out a video of this show.

Hare Krishna "Festival of India", also called "Chariot Festival" (San Francisco)

For more info on this event, check-out www.festivalofindia.org.

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DSC02039 - Altar de Muerto with Glass Candles - Dia de los Muertos (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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An Altar de Muerto with many glass candles (it is a memorial shrine for someone who passed away recently).

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2014.

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DSC04631 - Hindu Woman Drying Saris in the Wind after Holy Bath in the Ganges river - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Indian woman drying three saris in the wind after having her 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 Dip.

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

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DSC09298 - Makeshift Sound System on Pickup Truck - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Oversize makeshift sound system on a pickup truck at Milad un-Nabi street parade.

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

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

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

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DSC00526 - Floating Bridge (Pontoon Bridge) over the Ganges River - 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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DSC09844 - Happy Young Couple Embracing - Gabrielle and Henry by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)

Gabrielle and Henry

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DSC09106 - Print Shop Worker Collating Printed Pages into Books by Loupiote

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Print shop worker collating printed leaflets into booklets. The booklets produced in this print shop are Indian school books.

This simple mechanical task would normally be done by a machine, but in India, it is more economical to do it manually, as labor cost is very low.

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DSC07656 - Sake bar by Loupiote

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Camp Sakenoma?

Sol's brother at his sake bar. They had some of the best unfiltered sake.

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

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DSC04541 - Hindu Pilgrims on Boat on the Ganges River, Waving Hands (Varanasi) by Loupiote

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Group of Hindu pilgrims in saffron-colored clothes, on a small row boat on the Ganges river (Varanasi).

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

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DSC05121 - Little Girls with Halloween Skull Makeup by Loupiote

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Two little girls with Mexican-style sugar skull makeup.

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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DSC01790 - Ghats of Varanasi Along the Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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This is a view of the Ghats of Varanasi and the Ganges river (India).

River boats ferry the Hindu pilgrims up and down the river, and across to a beach where they take the Holy bath.

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

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20895-burning-man-2006 - Uchronia burning by Loupiote

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Uchronia burning

Uchronia (aka the Belgian Waffle) by The Uchronians.

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

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DSC00180 - Selfie with a Baba by Loupiote

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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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