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Kathmandu Durbar Square. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Slippery slopes and vertical walls line the ice gorge cut millions of years ago by Zanskar river. This treacherous winter route has been in use for at least a thousand years. But familiarity with thw path does not guard against fatal mishaps. Abale, the group's guide, falls through the river, only his backpack saving him from being swept away by the currant. Even as fear eitches itself on his face, another member slides bravely along on the thin ice, stretching his stick forward. Abale grabs it and is pulled back to safety. Zanskar, India.
Devotees loading and unloading Mt. Arunachala.
Xavante log race. The log race is not really a race at all, it's a ceremony, an aesthetic event. Xavante are nonplused by notions of winning and losing. the logs are carried by two team, representing the oppositions that Xavante believe go to make up the universe. The running of the logs expresses the dynamic tension between opposing principles. The purpose of the ceremonies to stress that these antithesis need not tear the world apart. Opposing can be controlled to complement each other and create equilibrium and harmony.
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