Danza de los Voladores

Mexico City

The Dance of the Flyers involves five men, they represent the five earthly directions: the four cardinal points and straight up, from earth to heaven. It consists of dance and the climbing of a 30 meter pole from which four of the five participants then launch themselves tied with ropes to descend to the ground. According to myth, the ritual was created to ask the gods to end a severe drought in pre-Hispanic times.

Perseus and Friends

Loggia dei Lanzi (1382)

Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy

Turquoise Waters

Yamdrok-tso Lake (4,488m), Tibet (China)

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The Pisaq Ruins

Sacred Valley of the Incas (Urubamba River Valley), Peru

Working Old Ladies

Bhaktapur, Nepal

Still Waters

Mandalay, Burma/Myanmar

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Palace of Winds

Built in 1799 to enable the women of the court to watch street processions while remaining in a strict state of purdah(*)

Jaipur (Rajasthan), India

(*) Seclusion of Muslim women inside the home, and the general term for wearing a veil.

Summer houses

A room with a view

All houses are built according to the architectural style of the south - Moorish influence (they have occupied part of the Iberian Peninsula until the 12th/13th centuries).

Carrapateira, Vicentine Coast, southwestern Portugal

The Fantastic Jungle

Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

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The Entertainer

Karlov Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic

Life at the ghats

 

 

Pashupatinath, Nepal

Reflections - Old & New

Plaza de Armas, Santiago, Chile

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Gold

Bangkok, Thailand

Former Monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán

Church ceiling detail

Oaxaca, Mexico