A star-filled night blankets the sky over the colorful offerings that wrap the poles on Shamanka Rock on Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. According to an ancient shamanic legend, 13 north Noyons, sons of divine gods called Tengris, came down from heaven to judge over people and chose a place on the Earth to stay. The oldest and the strongest of them, Han Khute-baabay chose to live in the cave of Shamanka rock. The place was considered so sacred that even visiting noblemen dismounted their horses and walked by the cave not to disturb. Even today, shamanism is part of life of the Buryat people living around the Baikal. According to their belief everything has a deity living in it, and people treat sacred places (marked or not) with great respect. Drivers slow down to flick out coins, others tie colorful textiles with prayers and names on them to bushes and trees and sometimes poles erected for this cause. Shamans help with everyday matters as well as with those of the spiritual world. I was travelling in to Lake Baikal from Hungary in 2016 to visit this magical place in March while the lake is still frozen.