Portraits of shamans from around the world

By Benazir Wehelie, Special to CNN

Updated 0323 GMT (1123 HKT) December 7, 2016

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Baruch Osorno, a shaman from Mexico, poses for a portrait. Photographer Flore-Aël Surun photographed shamans from all over the world at a festival in France earlier this year.

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Vera Sakhina, a shaman from Siberia.

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Ayangat, a shaman from Mongolia.

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Ayangat's son, 9, is the youngest shaman in Mongolia.

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Frederic Roure, a shaman from Switzerland.

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Tiegniery Diarra, a shaman from Mali.

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Domi Farinelli, a shaman from Belgium.

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Abdellah Akharraz and his wife, Gnawa, are shamans from Morocco.

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Bhola Nath Banstola, a shaman from Nepal.

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