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Randy Olson
Aurora / National Geographic Society

"Keepers of the Golden Fleece"  

At the end of the festival, elders build a bonfire. The church at the top of this photo has been abandoned for many years, a relic of communist world trying to change their pagan lifestyle. The ethnic group here are the Khevsurs, and each village has only one family name.
 
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