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October 16, 2004

Religious Buildings

Buddhist monasteries

Ivolginsk.jpg

Ivolginsk (Buryatya, Russian Federation)

Kharkhorinstupa.jpg

Kharkhorin (Mongolia)


klooster.jpg

Unfortunately, I don't recall the name of this one, but it's somewhere in the Gobi (Mongolia)

Catholic churches

Otmuchowkerk.jpg

Otmuchow (Poland)


Sleza.jpg

On top of Mt. Sleza, near Sobotka (Poland)

Ovoos
An ovoo is a triangular pile of rocks, or occasionally wood, usually decorated with blue ribbons, around which you are supposed to walk 3 times in clockwise direction, and then throw on a new rock, or a skull, or an emty vodka bottle, or whatever you like. This is a part of Mongolian Buddhism, but I guess it has a shamanist root.

Kharkhorinovoo.jpg

typical example, near Kharkhorin


ovoo.jpg

Ovoos on mountaintop near Gaachuurt


UBovoo.jpg

Ulaan Bataar

Protestant churches

Helsinki.jpg

Helsinki


KWG.jpg

Berlin

Russian-orthodox churches

Moskou.jpg

Moscow


Novosibirskkerk.jpg

Novosibirsk


UlanUde4.jpg

Ulan-Ude (ethnological museum)

Posted by Karlien on October 16, 2004 06:55 PM
Category: Photos
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