In 2016, photographer Tinko Czetwertynski captured a beautiful mission : the worldwide search for twelve Masters from indigenous wisdom traditions, with the goal of inviting them to form a council and meet at the United Nations headquarters in NYC in november 2017.
These images are from those trips to Ethiopia, Botswana, Ecuador, Japan, Australia, Nepal, Indonesia, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Alaska and Gabon.
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