Kara-ool Dopchun-ool prepares before conducting a medical session to cure a man, suffering from asthma...
Kara-ool Dopchun-ool (L), supreme shaman of "The Spirit of Bear" society, prepares before conducting a medical session to cure a man, suffering from asthma and liver disease, at his residence in the Kyzyl town, administrative centre of Russia's Tuva region, some 800 km (497 miles) south of Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, September 13, 2011. Tuvans, one of Asian nomadic peoples, practise two main religions - Buddhism and Shamanism. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION HEALTH)