toilet cleaning portal, mtsho smon gling bla brang
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