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Civil war city Jaffna – North Sri Lanka
Only for several years there has been an end to the violent confilcts between Tamils and Sinhala. Overland travel into Jaffna across the Vanni area, which used to be the main battlefield of the civil war and the last refuge of the militant Tamil Tigers, is possible now, but foreigners usually go through several security […]
Posted in: Asia
Pyramid of the moon, Peru – center of sacrifical ceremonies
December 15, 2012
The Pyramid of the Moon (Huaca de la Luna) used to be a key sacred site of a religious cult of the pre-Inca Moche society which flourished in Peru between 100-800 AD. It incorporates graves of high ranking officers, whose bodies were prepared and buried underneath sacred sections of the building in caned coffins containing […]
Posted in: South America
Site of the Bhopal Gas Disaster
April 23, 2012
The industrial disaster of Bhopal occurred in 1984, when a toxic compound, methyl isocyanate (MIC), was released from a leaking storage tank of a badly maintained and neglected Chemical plant. MIC, which has properties of a Chemical weapon1, killed thousands of citizens of Bhopal and cattle within hours of the nightly disaster. The plant, which […]
Posted in: Asia
Sacrifices at Dakshinkali temple, Nepal
December 9, 2011
Dakshinkali temple in the Kathmandu valley is dedicated to the goddess Kali, who requires sacrifices of animals. She is an incarnation of Parvati, the wife of Lord Shiva, and destruction is performed to make creation possible. Faithful locals bring offerings of flowers and coconuts, but also chicken and goats, which are decapitated by a professional […]
Posted in: Asia
Morbid Tibet
December 1, 2011
Tibetan Buddhism is a fusion of the shamanic Bön religion and Indian Tantric Buddhism. From the times of the Bön religion originates the sky burial ritual – after death, the body including the bones is hacked into small pieces, which are left at specific sites to be eaten by birds. According to local beliefs, the […]
Posted in: Asia
December 25, 2012
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