Shamans Gather In Siberia's Sayan Mountains For A Spiritual Summer Festival...

A Shaman is a person believed to have
access to and influence in the world of good
and evil spirits.
Such folk will often enter a trance-like state to practice divination and healing.
Photographer Alexander Nikolsky found these Shaman gathered in a recent summer to celebrate the Call Of Thirteen Shamans that was held near the village of Khorum-Dag
in Siberia's Tyva Republic.
The nine day festival attracted the world's
most respected Shaman practitioners.
Hopefully their rousing of the spirits
makes the world a better place...

Did The Earth Move For You...

If you'd been as photographer Alexey Trofimov was at the frozen Lake Baikal in Siberia recently, then you'd have seen some rather spectacular earth shattering results at least.
Even if the earth didn't actually move for you...

The Remarkable Old Wooden Churches Of Northern Russia...

For over a thousand years, wood has  been the vital component of Russian architecture.
Up to the eighteenth century, houses, barns, palaces and churches were all made of wood and without using hammers and nails.
Some of these wonderful old structures have survived time, the harsh weather conditions, vandalism and the abandonment during the era of Communism.
Richard Davies, inspired by an earlier photographer and lover of these spectacular structures, Ivan Yakovlevich Bilbin, has produced some wonderful images of these beautiful old churches.
There's more to see here and here...