People collecting a sea worm called nyale, whose arrival heralds the start of the Pasola, an annual horse battle in Sumba, Indonesia.

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Location: Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Photo credit: © Leisa Tyler / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animism, animist, asia, beach, belief, collecting, culture, festival, indonesia, nyale, ocean, outdoors, pasola, remote, ritual, sea, shaman, shamanistic, southeast, sumba, traditional, worm