Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Unmasked monks dancing. Two girls watching the dances. Unmasked monks dancing in the courtyard. 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. People talking on the stairway before the dances 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. Abbot Dorji Tashi on the back of a horse led by a nomad man. Abbot Dorji Tashi riding a horse along the road. Abbot Dorji Tashi, lay Tibetans, and monks walking their horses along the road. Abbot Dorji Tashi, lay Tibetans, and monks walking their horses along the road.
A nomad woman travelling on horseback. An elderly nomad spinning his prayer wheel and counting his rosary. An elderly nomad spinning his prayer wheel and counting his rosary. An elderly nomad spinning his prayer wheel. An elderly nomad with prayer wheel and rosary. A statue of Dorji Drolo, a manifestation of Padmasambhava. Statues of Padmasambhava along the wall on the second floor of the Zangdok Pelri Temple. A statue of Avalokitesvara adorned with silk scarves on the second floor of the Zangdok Pelri Temple.

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