Athabaskan spirit houses in cemetery, Eklutna Historical Park, Eklutna, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Houses on Avenue M Rear, Residential area, City of Galveston, Galveston island, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, United States of America

Girl in traditional Thai clothes praying at a spirit house, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Thai style house in the typical southern style, Ko Samui, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Spirit House at Jim Thompson's house, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Spirit House at Jim Thompson's house, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Spirit house, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

The idea of the interconnectedness of all things is central to the tribal way of looking at the world. practical knowledge of the environment, of crops and medicines, of hunting and fishing, is a byproduct of it. the makuna believe that human beings, animals, and all of nature are parts of the same one. animals and fish live in their own communities, which are just like human communities, with their chiefs, their shamans, their dance houses, their songs, and their material possessions. when human peoples dance in this world, the shaman invites the animal people to dance in theirs. if humans do not dance and shamans do not offer spirit food to the animal people, the animals will die out and there will be no more game left in the world. for the makuna the radical disjunction so characteristic of western thought between nature and culture, men and animals, dissolves. eastern colombia amazon, vaupes region, population: 600

Spirit houses, Eklutna Historical Village, Anchorage area, Alaska, United States of America, North America

A typical small temple close to the Jim Thompson house, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A small shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Local people inside a house in Gyantse village or Gyangze town, Tibet, China. Located in the northeast of Gyantse at 3900 meters above sea level. Pelkor Chode Monastery, or rather Palcho Monastery in Tibetan language means auspicious monastery. It was first built in early 15th century and took 10 years to complete. Because it was built when different religious sectors conflicted neck and neck in Tibet, Sakyapa, Kadampa and Gelukpa of Tibetan Buddhism coexist in it. Each religious sector has five to six Dratsang schools in the monastery.

Tempel of the holy Spirit in Sao Sebastiao, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal

Steingasse street with restaurants, Heiliggeistkirche, Church of the Holy Spirit, at back, Heidelberg, Rhine-Neckar region, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Tourists enjoying the sunshine in the old market square with the Herkulesbrunnen, Hercules Fountain, Heiliggeistkirche, Church of the Holy Spirit, at left, Heidelberg, Rhine-Neckar region, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Church of the Holy Spirit steeple and the Neckar river, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

View to the Church of the Holy Spirit steeple and the Neckar river, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Museum, former hospital of the Holy Spirit, Biberach an der Riss, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Neckar river, Karl Theodor Bridge towers and the Church of the Holy Spirit bell tower steeple, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

View from the Castle over Heidelberg with Holy Spirit Church and the Neckar River, Schlosshof, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

View from the Castle over Heidelberg with Holy Spirit Church and the Neckar River, Schlosshof, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe