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  • People bringing offerings to the Ghoray Shah tomb.
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  • A woman's hand washed in blood after a sheep sacrifice.
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  • A man stands near butchered animals at an outdoor slaughtering site.
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  • Dressed in colorful traditional clothing, Tlingit tribe leaders celebrate after a ceremony involving six totem poles that were raised in a Native Alaskan local park.
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  • An elderly woman has a front-window view of a Good Friday procession.
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  • Dancing and singing followed a totem raising ceremony. Tlinglet leaders dressed in colorful traditional clothing for a historic totem raising where seven totem poles were   placed in a Native Alaskan park in Klawock. Many of the 1000 Native Alaskans moved indoors to a gymnasium where festivities continued throughout the day.
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  • Rain did not stop the celebrations of dancing and singing that followed a historic totem raising ceremony on Prince of Wales Island.<br />
Generations of Tlingit and Haida Native Alaskans retain strong cultural ties with the natural world reflected in their totem art depicting whales and bears.
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  • Nuns pray in the chapel at Convent at St. John Mustair, a world-famous Benedictine Convent and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Founded in the 8th century, it has been home to Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century. Eleven make their home behind closed walls, living a life of commitment to poverty and celibacy. Each nun has her work and they come together for Christian prayer and meals.
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  • A detail from one of 14  carved and painted poles at Totem Bight State Historical Park in Ketchikan.<br />
Midway down the Kadjuk Bird Pole is a Raven is with his breast forming the headdress of his wife, Fog Woman. She holds two salmon that she produced—the first salmon in the world.<br />
The stories that totem poles tell may be a myth, a legend, or honour Indigenous peoples through symbols.
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  • A colorful entrance to a Native Alaskan clan house greets visitors at Totem Bight State Historical Park. It is a replica of a community house representing of those in early nineteen-century native villages of Southeast Alaska. Tlingit or Haida chieftain’s dwelling also housed several families.
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  • A nun tunes her guitar while her sisters rehearse music in the cloistered Convent St. John in Val Mustair. A UNESCO World Heritage Site founded in the 8th century, it has been home to Christian Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century.
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  • Rain did not stop the celebrations of dancing and singing that followed a historic totem raising ceremony on Prince of Wales Island.<br />
Generations of Tlingit and Haida Native Alaskans retain strong cultural ties with the natural world reflected in their storytelling totem art depicting whales and bears.
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