their can ski district is situated in gori attias southwest close to the border with. is one of russia's most honestly populated areas. only five thousand people live in the valley overshadowed by the cyan mountains. most of them a soil the pneumatic ancestors settled here hundreds of years ago. there is just one road that leads to the far away region which is only commissioned in one nine hundred ninety three however numerous mountain streams of them flood it making travel impossible. before setting out on the journey locals turned to shamans for help. they were not . but most don't because once to see his brother who tends a herd of yaks in the mountains going to get your little ones on the road. want to know that although. he believes a shamanic ritual will ward off any dangers during the long trip. put in this for them this is the right place for rituals as you can see three rivers meet here to you ok the number three symbolizes life spirituality and power . here rituals quickly purify people water absorbs bad energy to produce a sense of calm and gives an order of

in the old kinski district on the other side of bertie attia but mud on the cough is going up to see his brother on his way he will pass by a sacred place. whenever a bad mum pulses boy he stops and bounce to it before pleading to his ancestors to grant him good luck during his long journey. meanwhile brother and his wife are treating yak skin it's. soil it's use them to make clothing footwear and harnesses. this technique is piles of years old locals still prefer who made things. my mother taught me the skill. that's how my parents always did it as a home made things that are better quality. as soon as they stretched the skin and suspend it from steaks they make a small fire to smoke it thoroughly. they put fur cones and juniper into the fall. this gives yak skin the necessary firmness and color. for the skin to get a good calorie is smoked for thirty minutes. then it is turned over as much from the other side. as a result the skin turns orange. bullet hasn't seen his brother for whuffie year. like that ancestors so it spend most of their lives in temporary camps in winter they go d

the cyclists traveling around body attias holy places funny arrive at the highlight of their itinerary the temple of the buddhist goddess. below and welcome let us go to the temple. first of all you need to walk around the temple enter it to pray and only then will we go to the stone i don't want to come . this is his second most popular place for pilgrimage to the evil good. is regarded as the pincian saint of motherhood and children she's one of the most revered go to says in body attia many women come here in the hope of increasing their fertility. you know it's one case in point is a woman from a neighboring village she was an atheist i said if they had asked her three years ago if she had faith in any religion including buddhism she would have said no and that's the problem was that she was already forty and had no success in getting pregnant i got it but after she visited in this holy place she gave birth to a daughter now the girl is one year old kid with. anyone wishing to. help must take a narrow path up the hill. legend has it that the republic's current chief buddhist was me

nbc's attia abawe is in super bowl kabul with more. >> a volatile saturday in afghanistan with threeifferent parts of the country. one here in the capital of kabul where a car bomber hit an up -armored bus. in the end, the bomber was able to kill 13 americans and four afghans. three civilians and one afghan police officer. this is the biggest attack we have seen in the capital since mid september. in a different attack down south an afghan service member turned his weapon on to nato service members killing three australians as well as their afghan interpreter. this comes just days before the istanbul cannot frens is supposed to take place in turkey talking about the future of afghanistan and its regional impact. so the taliban trying to make sure that the international community knows that they are still in afghanistan and that they are still fighting. nbc news, kabul. >> in a third attack yesterday in the eastern kunar province, a female suicide bomber attacked an afghan civilian. three afghans injured in that incident. >> rebel fighters now in boston to be treated for wounds they r

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