Purifying ritual run by shaman

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UNGURTAS, KAZAKHSTAN - JANUARY 4: Pilgrims in the hole covered with sheep's blood as cleansing ritual of the last Kazakhstan dervish Bifatima-apa in Ungurtas. January 4, 2011

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Location: Kazakhstan
Photo credit: © Alyaksandr Stzhalkouski / Alamy / Afripics
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