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Offering to the Snow Leopard Spirit

Shaman Buyanbadrakh Erdenetsogt throws an offering of sheep meat to the spirit of the snow leopard that inhabits the sacred Suutay mountain in the Altai of Mongolia. This ceremony, is a way to thank the snow leopard spirit for guarding the mountain and its people, as well as individuals that have given their lives to snow leopard protection. Frequent and regular ceremonies of gratitude to spirits of the land have made a comeback with the proliferation of shamanism after the fall of communism in Mongolia.

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