Marco Polo

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The priest throws rice grains onto the sacred fire, in keeoing with an ancient tradition.
Sadhus gather regularly from all over India. Here they are in Junagadh, in Gujarat.
An improvised and streamlined swing.
Still inhabited, the ancient houses in Kandovan are dug out if cones of eroded rock.
Women in Tradtional costumes heading for the Talqan market, known as Taican by Marco Polo
A group of proud inhabitants in the province of Takhar advance on to Taloqan.
A group of children display the skull of an Ovis poli (Polo's Sheep).
With his fellow-soldiers, an officer in the Northern Alliance poses with his daughter.
The market in Kashgar is not just buying and selling: the billiard tables are a center of attraction.
Rows of Russian armored vehicles rust in the streets and feilds of Afghanistan.
The Qilian Mountains have rich coal reserves, as first cited by Marco Polo.
Much of Suzhou's daily life revolves around the water.
Gems are mined in water-filled pits and shafts, often deep and with their sides buttressed by wooden nails.
One of Hangzhou's "12,000 bridges." This one spanning West Lake was noted by Marco Polo in his desription of the city.
A Kurd village almost merges with the landscape in north-east Iraq.
The diary of Christopher Columbus.
A reflection in a muddle only magnifies the beauty of the Italian cityscape.
A method for drying out cotton is practiced by people in India.
A man blowing a large amount of amount of smoke out of his mouth.
Sadhus in Mumbai achieving mystical states with the help of marijuana
Incense burning is a common practice in India.
Yajna is any ritual performed in front of a sacred fire usually with mantras.
In Tanjore, India, a priest sprinkles the statue of the sacred bull Nandi with milk mixed with curry.
A woman bows to a cow, which is considered a sacred animal in the Hindu culture.
Women make decorations from cow dung which is a tradition in India.
Fisherman pull their net out of the water to discover hundreds of minnows on it in India.
Couples enjoy a moment while standing in the shallow water of the Arabian Sea.
Fishermen go out for their nightly trip in India.
Coconuts are split open to dry and be preserved due to their status of being a delicacy.
A young girl has help picking up minnows that have landed on the beach in India.
Two men sit around a sacred fire they build together.
Fishing is a family affair- last stages of net-cleaning. Nothing is wasted, Kerela, India
Boat full of men rides atop of a wave in India.
While the sun dissolves the mist, fisherman of Kovalom pull their nets into the shallow waters. Kerala, India.
In India, Chennai Province -Cows have been worshipped in India for 3500 years.
A sadhu in Mumbai, India. The hair of these holy men sometimes grows to 12 feet or even longer.
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Fisherman sort their nets in Belwan, a Sumatran port on the Strait of Malacca, Indonesia.
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Orangutan emerging from tree- Orangutans are shy and defenseless creatures.
A commercial fishing boat burns from the base while ashore.
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