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Informal school "Bal Kendra" for poor children run by Child welfare Sciety (Director kiren Tewari) Moving "up" -- girls lined up before class at a Government school in Kathmandu (2 sessions per day) Shey gompa, inner Dolpa Boy with Yak, Lingshed, Ladakh Women weeding barley fields. Mother and daughters going to work in the fields They are carrying "dokos," traditional handmade baskets woven from bamboo Porter on route leadiung up from Pangboche
conclusion of Dumje festival Pilgrims at Mani Rimdu Festival Tengboche Rimpoche (incarnate high Lama) blessing pilgrims, Bhuddist nun Bon-Po lama in his gompa. Market day (Saturday) Lodgekeeper cooking on open fire Spectators at Kalachakra Initiation Rite conducted by the Dalai Lama
Pounding mustard seeds to produce cooking oil. Buddhist nun Woman weeding barley fields Gompa school for tawas (boys receiving a Tibetan religious education, with modern subjects added) YAKS AND THEIR YOUNG, INNER DOLPO Threshing Gompa school for tawas (boys receiving a Tibetan religious education, with modern subjects added) Pokara Informal school for sqautters children run by Child welfare Sciety in abandoned garage
Horseman and horses on Sir-Sir La pass (5,200 meters) Kitchen corner of a one room apartment 10 feet by 8 feet, shared by 7 people. (one bed completion of Bon-Po protection ritual. Flocks (sheep and goats) of Lingshed village being taken out to graze Ladakh Children and adults sleeping on the streets of Kathmandu Bon-Po monk - protection ritual. Geshe Ngawang Jangchup and monks in discussion class at the National Traditional Arts and Crafts School

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