Nokhur

Places in this region

Image of Nokhur Cemetery located in Nokhur, Turkmenistan | View of the unusual cemetery (Flickr / Carpetblogger)
Nokhur, Turkmenistan

Nokhur Cemetery

Cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones

At the cemetery of the isolated village of Nokhur, nearly every grave is marked by a wooden post adorned with the horns of a mountain goat. They are thought to fight off evil spirits, and help the... »

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