Mongolian Shaman Gankhuyag Batmunkh (back L) whips a worshipper who has come to seek penance for his wrongdoings while his brother Batgerel Batmunkh (R) and their sister, Munkhzul (front -R) looks on during a Shaman ceremony in their ger on the outskirts of Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 04 July 2012. Mongolian brothers Gankhuyag and Batgerel Batmunkh share a similar fate. Both were construction workers before fate calls on them to take on their Shamanic roles to serve the spirits. Shamanism comes from the term 'shamans' that refers to priests or mediums that acts as vessels for spirits, gods and demons to communicate with the human world. In Mongolia, they adhere to the ancient beliefs of Tengrism, where spirits live in all of nature, in the sun, moon, lakes, rivers, mountains, and trees.
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