A small fire of special juniper branches is lit to create a white sweet smelling smoke. Each visitor lays a handful of juniper on the pile and says prayer.
Then we walk around the tall pyre three times, throwing a stone into the pyre, each time making a wish.
Milk and yogurt is poured into the smoking juniper while a special chant is intoned.
From the top of the mountain the view is beautiful. A long valley runs below, a silver river snaking through it, with trees lining the river. One sole yellow tree shines in the sun when it peeks through the clouds. A small group of gers has set up next to the river, in the shadow of the hills on the other side of the valley.
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