| Summary: | There are many legends in the Himalayas, one comes from Tibet. More than a century ago, a young hunter was attacked by a bear. His wounds were so deep that he was certain to die. To save him, his father decided to offer as a sacrifice to the gods, the sacred animal of the sherpa people, the white yak. The sacrifice took place during a religious feast called Mani Rimdu, and according the legend, the young sherpa was saved. Today ethnic minorities exist whose daily lives continue to bear witness to contemporary myths: these legends are their faith, and the animals, their gods. From the Indonesian horsemen of Sumba Island to the wild elephant tamers of the Vietnamese forest, this collection reveals the most wondrous of beliefs which unite man and animal in the spectacular, thousand-year old fulfillment of a magical destiny.
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