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Antarctica

Bhutan - The Taktsang goemba

Bhutan

Masai

Masai

Ethiopia, Timkat

Ethiopia – Timkat

Ethiopia, Omo

Ethiopia – Omo

Sudan, Pyramids

Sudan – pyramids

Croatia, Walls of Dubrovnik

Walls of Dubrovnik

Kornati Islands National Park with 150 islands is the most diverse region in the Mediterranean sea.

Kornati

The Moreška is the last authentic sword dance in the Mediterranean

Korčula – Moreška

Ancient carnival customs in Croatia have been the most traditional in Kastavština, an area around Rijeka.

Zvončari from Kastavština

Ljelje from Gorjani is an ancient tradition that has recently been included in the UNESCO list of intangible heritage of humanity. Some elements dating to prehistorical times, and probably related to a “divine wedding”, have survived as part of that custom.

Ljelje from Gorjani

The Zrmanja is one of the most beautiful rivers in Croatia.

Zrmanja river

The Aletsch glacier is the biggest glacier in the Alps.

Aletsch glacier

The Dogon are one of the most traditional peoples of West Africa, who still practice animistic beliefs.

Land of the Dogons

The Niger River is the source of life in West Africa

Mali – River Niger

Carnival in Cabo Verde, a small island-state in the Atlantic ocean. This is considered to be the most amazing carnival in Africa.

Cabo Verde – Carnival

The production of leather hasn’t changed much in half a millennium in some tanneries like this one in Fes, Morocco

Morocco – Tanneries of Fes

The central Asian country Uzbekistan is famous for its elaborate Islamic architecture. Shah-i-Zind in Samarkand.

Uzbekistan

Kumano Kodo is a network of pilgrimage routes on the Kii peninsula, not far from Kyoto.

Japan – Kumano Kodo

Tuareg festival in the desert

Libya

Seni Wenzel, 62, homeless, of Solomon islands descent, Queens

New York – Multiculture

Sufism - an Islamic spiritual science, the mystical dimension of Islam - has been present in the Balkan for six centuries.

Dervishes

The last hakawati - professional storyteller

Syria – Damascus

'In many traditions, especially in the Bible, the desert is a place for being with God, a place for spirituality, a place for intense feelings and mystical experiences. It is also a place for solitude, when an individual gains significance as an individual, before God, before himself and towards others.' Says Paolo Dall’Oglio, founder of the spiritual community of Mar Musa in the Syrian Desert.

Syria – Mar Musa

Carneval

Venice

They live in clans spread throughout the jungle in tree houses.

West Papua – Korowai

The Dani, one of the biggest and most developed highland tribes of New Guinea, had been fighting tribal wars all until 40 years ago. Today they do perform mock battles only for tourists.

West Papua – Dani

Yali people are one of the most traditional peoples in the mountains of West Papua

West Papua – Yali

The story about the Rainbow family is a living utopia. It's a story about love.

Rainbow tribe

Every Good Friday, a few dozen of passionate beleivers voluntarily get themselves crucified like Jesus.

Philippines

Luang Prabang, which was once the capital of the kingdom of Laos, is now its spiritual center.

Laos – Luang Prabang

Over 2 million prostitutes in Thailand serve more than half a million customers, of whom more than 20% are foreigners. That makes Thailand the first sex tourism destination in the world.

Thailand – sex tourism

Sing-sing is a traditional celebration in Papuan tribal society. Influential chieftains - bigmen - gather entertainers who play music, dance and scare the odience with bows and arrows.

Papua New Guinea

The isolated kingdom of Mustang is situated in one of the most hidden corners of the Himalayas. Thanks to the autonomous situation within the borders of Nepal, it avoided Chinese destruction of te Tibetan culture and became the only place where that culture survived in its original form.

Nepal – Mustang

Holy moment that happens only every 12 years is about to take place. Old, experienced ascetics, shoulder to shoulder with new initiates, getting ready for the ritual bath in the holy river Shipra.

India

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