This is the story of a shamanic family, living in the village of Mikhalinka in Ukraine, where the young daughter, a shaman herself, protects the nearby forest. Older villagers still hold their faith in the legend of the forest spirit, Raelcun, dear to their hearts. While the origins of the Raelcun legend remain unknown, today it lives on through the family and their village.

Often treated as mere superstitions, fairy tales or ethnographic curiosities, shamanic traditions are fast disappearing in the face of modernity.

Yet, There was once a time when spirits and legends lived and breathed alongside us in day-to-day life. This is the story of a fragile reality in Mikhalinka.

The whole story is available only on request : daesunglee.photography@gmail.com

Daesung Lee

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The Red Forest