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toilet cleaning portal, mtsho smon gling bla brang

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Resource #: 11933 (URL for reference)

Collections: Lhasa - Sera Monastery, Sera Monastery (2002)

Description:

by José Cabezón

Toilets are usually located on the upper stories of buildings, and there are portals beneath them on the ground floor (exterior) to allow for the human waste to be removed and carted away to be used as fertilizer. Here, the toilet bldg. is on the left.

Associated Resources

Resource type: Image

Photographer: David Newman

Recording Orientation: From the Northeast

Photograph Date: 12/Jul/2002

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