Traditional medicines at the home of Dr Mubita, a 'Witch Doctor' and traditional healer who is often consulted on medical matters including schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Female Genital Schistosomiasis...

Dr Mubita sits beside a store of traditional medicines at his home. The 'Witch Doctor' and traditional healer is often consulted on medical matters including schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Female Genit...

Dr Mubita, a 'Witch Doctor' and traditional healer, who is often consulted on medical matters including schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) is a waterborne parasitic dis...

Dr Mubita, a 'Witch Doctor' and traditional healer, holds up a banner advertising his expertise. He is often consulted on medical matters including schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Female Genital Schisto...

Traditional medicines at the home of Dr Mubita, a 'Witch Doctor' and traditional healer who is often consulted on medical matters including schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Female Genital Schistosomiasis...

A sign on a wall at the home of Dr Mubita, a 'Witch Doctor' and traditional healer who is often consulted on medical matters including schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS...

The entrance to the cemetery in the town of Zitacuaro, painted with monarch butterflies. Local tradition has it that the monarchs carry the spirits of the dead, especially as the monarchs arrive aroun...

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

Costume decorations of carnival characters from Lipnic village.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

People dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

People dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A cigarette smuggler charcter from a carnival in Vicovu de Sus village.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

Costume decorations of carnival characters from Lipnic village.

Costume decorations of carnival characters from Lipnic village.

Costume decorations of carnival characters from Lipnic village.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

Costume decorations of carnival characters from Lipnic village.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

People dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

Costume decorations of carnival characters from Lipnic village.

People dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A winter carnival costume.

People dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

People dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A winter carnival costume.

A winter carnival costume.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

People dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

A person dressed-up in character for a rural winter carnival.

Costume decorations of carnival characters from Lipnic village.

A 'Godya' speaks to people and tells them of their future during the AfroTurk festival of Dana Bayram (Calf Festival), reinstated for the 10th year in 2016. Traditionally, 'Godyas' were female heads o...

Pastor Vinod prays for Dwarka Prasad who has been confined to his bed for last 12 to 13 years at his house in Vashri village.

Pastor Vinod prays for Dwarka Prasad who has been confined to his bed for last 12 to 13 years at his house in Vashri village.

Children earn money by offering incense to ward off evil spirits.

Pastor Vinod prays for Dwarka Prasad who has been confined to his bed for last 12 to 13 years at his house in Vashri village.

Pastor Vinod prays for Dwarka Prasad who has been confined to his bed for last 12 to 13 years at his house in Vashri village.

A boy, dressed in a costume, runs accross George of Podebrady Square, (Namesti Jiriho z Podebrad) during Halloween celebrations.

Head of a 'Curiquingue' bird that Tupak Guatemal, a 29-year-old Karanki, found on his walks to the moor. This object of power is part of his altar which itself is made in gratitude to his ancestors. I...

Statues to be used in a wedding procession

Ceramic icons which were made and used in India to rid villages of smallpox, showing the goddess Shitala (the goddess of smallpox and other infectious diseases) riding an elephant on display at Dr Jen...

Shaman, Kim Pomishin, in a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake, and the biggest lake by volume, holding 20...

Shaman, Kim Pomishin, in a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake, and the biggest lake by volume, holding 20...

Shaman, Kim Pomishin, in a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake, and the biggest lake by volume, holding 20...

Kim Pomishin, a shaman at a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal, uses vodka to to perform a ritual for a ritual on behalf of his brother who owns a logging company. They are asking...

Kim Pomishin, a shaman at a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal, uses vodka to to perform a ritual for a ritual on behalf of his brother who owns a logging company. They are asking...

Kim Pomishin, a shaman at a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal, uses vodka to prepare for a ritual. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake, and t...

A shamanic 'ovoo' on a hill top near Tariat. An ovoo is a pyramid shaped collection of stones, wood and other offerings, like vodka bottles and silk scarfs, placed on top of a hill or mountain pass as...

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates the Virgin of Guadalupe (Lady of Guadalupe).

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates the Virgin of Guadalupe (Lady of Guadalupe).

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death).

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death).

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death).

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death).

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death).

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death).

A shrine beside national road 15 that celebrates Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death).

Firecrackers explode in the crowd as performers dressed as temple spirits await the arrival of the palanquin bearing an ancient statue of goddess Mazu in the street outside the 200 year old Taoist (Da...

A boy from the Chod folklore group, chasing a girl with a willow whip in an Easter Monday tradition, with pagan origins, when boys whip girls supposedly for good health, luck and fertility.

Children from the Chod folklore group, holding braided rods of willow. Custom has it that men or boys would spank women on Easter Monday, a Czech tradition that dates back to pagan times. In 2021 this...

Forest plants on the back of a traditional healer's motorcycle in the Tobe protected forest. Some 350 hectares in area, the forest had been severely degraded by agriculture. Over the last 35 years it...

Karin Ostertag and Dassi Bah, a Vodoun (Voodoo) adept, looking out over the Tobe protected forest. Some 350 hectares in area, the forest had been severely degraded by agriculture. Over the last 35 yea...

A fetish in the Tobe protected forest. Some 350 hectares in area, the forest had been severely degraded by agriculture. Over the last 35 years it has been restored thanks to a partnership between the...

Sunlight filters through tree leaves in the Tobe protected forest. Some 350 hectares in area, the forest had been severely degraded by agriculture. Over the last 35 years it has been restored thanks t...