18 October, 2011
Bifatima Dauletova, a mystic and shaman, performs a ritual cleansing in Kazakhstan.
Pavel Prokopchik
Pavel Prokopchik was born in Russia in 1982. He grew up in Latvia, which was then part of the Soviet Union. In 2001, he moved to the Netherlands, graduating from The Royal Academ...
Ungurtas, Kazakhstan
Bifatima Dauletova, considered by many traditional healers in Kazakhstan to be the last local guardian of an ancient Sufi dervish tradition, performs a ritual cleansing using sheep’s blood at her homestead in the foothills of the Tien Shan Mountains, south Kazakhstan. Known by the honorific Bifatima-apa, the mystic and shaman draws followers from far afield. People come for health or addiction problems or to resolve life issues.
