Piles of rocks, called Ovoo, can be found on mountains and other high places. They play an important role in Mongolian Shamanistic religious practice. Adherents worship the spirits of the mountains and sky by leaving offerings.
Piles of rocks, called Ovoo, can be found on mountains and other high places. They play an important role in Mongolian Shamanistic religious practice. Adherents worship the spirits of the mountains and sky by leaving offerings.
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A Nosu family participates in a sacrificial ceremony in their living room. The ceremony involves the killing of an animal that is placed in their doorway, followed by incantations by a village shaman. The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.
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