Agnieszka E. Halemba has conducted anthropological research in southern Siberia since 1993. She received her first degree from the University of Warsaw, Poland. In 2002 she received her PhD in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany, and a Visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw, Poland.

'...rich and engaging ethnography of a fascinating place...' - Alexander D. King, University of Aberdeen, The Journal of the Royal Antropological Institute, Volume 15, Number 1, March 2009

• Introduction Part 1: Landscape and Movement 1. The Altai, the Altaians and the Telengits 2. Sacred Land and the Significance of Places 3. Moving Through a Powerful Landscape 4. Rites of Springs Part 2: Ritual and Knowledge 5. Chaga Bairam 6. Ontology of the Spirits 7. Lamas and Shamans 8. Ritual and Revival. Conclusion

Agnieszka E. Halemba has conducted anthropological research in southern Siberia since 1993. She received her first degree from the University of Warsaw, Poland. In 2002 she received her PhD in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany, and a Visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw, Poland.

'...rich and engaging ethnography of a fascinating place...' - Alexander D. King, University of Aberdeen, The Journal of the Royal Antropological Institute, Volume 15, Number 1, March 2009

• Introduction Part 1: Landscape and Movement 1. The Altai, the Altaians and the Telengits 2. Sacred Land and the Significance of Places 3. Moving Through a Powerful Landscape 4. Rites of Springs Part 2: Ritual and Knowledge 5. Chaga Bairam 6. Ontology of the Spirits 7. Lamas and Shamans 8. Ritual and Revival. Conclusion