Bhopas are considered to be priest singers who depict the story of folk deities. The Bhopas are invited by villagers to perform in their areas during times of sickness and misfortune. Here, at the camel fair of Pushkar, in the Thar desert, a Bhopa plays the Ravan-hattha musical instrument while his daughter sings the melody.

Reading the Torah near the Wailing Wall.

Celebration Day. Coptic monastery of Deir Anba Bishoi, during the visit of Pope Shenouda III.

Sultan al-Nasir mosque. Citadel of Cairo.

Yazd is one of the oldest cities in the world, a place where Marco Polo wandered around. Nowadays, as a World Heritage site, it stills mantain a lot of wind towers (bädgïrs). This centuries old iranian invention, a kind of air conditioning, cools the interior of the dwelling-houses.

A caravan in the nubian desert.

Wailing Wall.