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Diana Australis club

Posted: 29 Aug 2024

Taken: 12 Jun 2024

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At 3000meters height in a remote village in the Wakhan Valley of Tajikistan, we visited an ancient shrine. It was supposedly to a Sufi(mystical Muslim) holy man, but combined elements of what seemed like shamanism and animism. These are the skulls and horns of the high altitude dwelling Marco Polo sheep. There were hundreds of them atop all the walls and fences, adding an extra layer of ‘fencing’ to the shrine. They were blackened and had charred juniper and oil upon them.
I have no idea of the full story, but it was very intriguing.
Happy Friday all, and a wonderful weekend.

m̌ ḫ, Leo W, David G Johnson, aNNa schramm and 35 other people have particularly liked this photo

33 comments - The latest ones
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
A macabre, but fascinating image Diana...............and a beautifully detailed image. I'm guessing these skulls and horns are some sort of offering?
20 months ago.
 Nicole Merdrignac
Nicole Merdrignac club
HFF. Photo très originale . Bon week-end. Nicole .
20 months ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Wow,das ist eine faszinierende Aufnahme und Entdeckung liebe Diana,schön hast du das aufgenommen :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,liebe Grüße Güni und eine herzliche Umarmung :))
20 months ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
A very pleasing arrangement, and a fine capture of it.
20 months ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
impressive this Beautiful!

Great to be back to your stream:)
still inconstant
20 months ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
Remarkable photo very enigmatic indeed!!!!!!
Kind regards****
20 months ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Awesome shot!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
20 months ago.
 Erhard Bernstein
Erhard Bernstein club
HFF Diana!
20 months ago.
 Christa1004
Christa1004 club
Amazing image, and a bit macabre, too. HFF Diana.
20 months ago.
 Old Owl
Old Owl club
HFF, Diana. An impressive picture of a strange ritual - well, strange to my western eyes at least. Have a great and glorious Friday and a fine weekend wherever you are.
20 months ago.
 Loose_Grip/Pete
Loose_Grip/Pete club
Now those are what I call horns!
HFF Diana. Have a great weekend.
20 months ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Religions have intriguing rituals indeed, HFF Diana and big hugs from up here.
20 months ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful details; well captured Diana.
20 months ago.
 Trudy Tuinstra
Trudy Tuinstra club
wonderful detail. HFF
20 months ago.
 *Уαɾα
*Уαɾα club
Excellent shot, Diana!
I love these horns. They're really fascinating — and also magical to me.
Have a wonderful weekend, too, and I hope everything goes well for you! ♡ox
20 months ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Fascinating! A good thing that not many tourists come by , I bet otherwise some idiots would take souvenirs... HFF and a good weekend!
20 months ago.
 Makrofan
Makrofan club
HFF und ein schönes Wochenende!
20 months ago.
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
really a very intriguing and fascinating composition of skulls and horns!!! wish you a great WE, Diana!
20 months ago.
 trester88
trester88 club
Faszinierend!
HFF und ein schönes Wochenende, Diana!
20 months ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
A most intriguing tale Diana. One ha to use a lot of imagination though to associate this with a fence. Well done.

HFF, enjoy the weekend. Herb
20 months ago.
 Bergfex
Bergfex club
HFF und ein schönes Wochenende!
20 months ago.
 Jocelyne Villoing
Jocelyne Villoing club
En effet, à chacun son interprétation !
Bonne semaine printanière Diana.
20 months ago.
 Marije Aguillo
Marije Aguillo club
Muy original. hFF con mucho retraso. Qué te gas un bonito empiece de semana.
20 months ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Quite fascinating, Diana. A very belated HFF, have a great week. Big huggss XX.
20 months ago.
 Percy Schramm
Percy Schramm club
Macabre and fascinating image too. HFF, wish you a nice week ahead, Diana !
20 months ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot
Fantastique . . . .
20 months ago.
 Dimas Sequeira
Dimas Sequeira club
Most strange fence topping! HFF, Diana!
20 months ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
A very belated HFF from me :-) Have a very good rest of the week, Diana.
20 months ago.
 aNNa schramm
aNNa schramm club
Das Marco-Polo-Schaf – eine beliebte Trophäe
Das Marco-Polo-Schaf, auch Argali oder Riesenwildschaf genannt, ist neben dem Sibirischen Steinbock eine der wertvollsten Jagdtrophäen im Hochgebirge Zentralasiens.15.03.2024 Internet
20 months ago.
aNNa schramm club has added
look at this >>> www.absolute-hunting.de/jagd-packete-last-minute-angebote-weltweit.html
Isn't it terrible that it's all just for fun !!!!!!
;-(((((((((
20 months ago.
Diana Australis club has replied to aNNa schramm club
I agree. It is terrible. Rich western people trophy hunting is a disgrace, Anna.
In this photo this is a remote and isolated mountain region. There is no trophy hunting. The shrine (and the horns) are hundreds of years old, and local tradition.
20 months ago.
 David G Johnson
David G Johnson club
Thanks for that info'.. Diana'... very interesting - ''things we didn't know we didn't know'',. and I'm sure it's marvellous to visit these places,. // Cheers from Dj.
19 months ago.
 Leo W
Leo W club
Massives Gehörn, schön gesehen.
19 months ago.

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