Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs in 1999-digital

Three lamas (Abbot Dorji Tashi in the middle) on the ritual throne for the religious dances. ?? Processing yellow hat monks playing pole drums. Processing yellow hat monks playing cymbals and bells. Tibetan children in the audience. A line of monks wearing yellow hats processing around the courtyard. A procession of monks wearing yellow and red hats and carrying cymbals, religious texts, and parasols. A procession of monks wearing red hats and carrying parasols. A procession of monks wearing yellow hats and playing clarinets (gyaling) and pole drums.
Audience members seated in the courtyard waiting for the dances to begin. Audience members seated in the courtyard waiting for the dances to begin. People talking on the stairway before the dances begin. Audience members seated in the courtyard waiting for the dances to begin. Audience members seated in the courtyard waiting for the dances to begin. Audience members seated in the courtyard waiting for the dances to begin. A close up of a young girl seated in the audience. A close up of a young girl seated in the audience.
A young woman in the courtyard before the dances. People waiting for the dances to begin. Nomad women waiting for the dances to begin. Nomad men waiting for the dances to begin. Nomad women and children waiting for the religious dances to begin. Members of the audience talking before the religious dances begin. A nomad family seated along the edge of the courtyard waiting for the dances to begin. Nomad children waiting for the religious dances to begin.
Nomads seated along a wall to watch the religious dances. A young nomad boy on the stairway. Monks and nomads descending the stairs to the courtyard. A view of the audience seated in the courtyard with the valley in the background. A view of the audience seated in the courtyard with the valley in the background. Tibetans walking to the site where the religious dances are to take place. Tibetans waiting for the religious dances to begin. Abbot Dorji Tashi inside the monastery.

1999-digital in Topic


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