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A conversation with the ancestors.

A man came to a sacred place for all Buryats - Cape Burkhan on the island of Olkhon on Lake Baikal. The serge pillars mark the border of the shrine.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Khuzhir, Russia
Camera: DC-GH5
Copyright: © Evgeniy Romanov