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Photographs in Lhasa

Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels and praying in front of the wall of carvings. Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels and praying in front of the wall of carvings. Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels and praying in front of the wall of carvings. Close up of painted carvings. A pilgrim spinning his own prayer wheel as he circumambulates the rock wall's own set of prayer wheels. A blue buddha, one of the hill's largest carvings. Pilgrims prostrating at the wall. Pilgrims praying.
The ubiquitous prayer �Om mani padme hung� carved and painted in the rock. Close-up of buddhas, saints, and prayers carved and painted into a rock face. Close-up of buddhas, saints, and prayers carved and painted into a rock face. A blue buddha, one of the hill's largest carvings. A blue buddha, one of the hill's largest carvings. Pilgrims prostrating to the carved images. The walkway along the ridge of 1000 Buddha Hill. The walkway along the ridge of 1000 Buddha Hill.
Prayer flags strung along the ridge of 1000 Buddha Hill. Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels beneath the rock carvings. Close-up of buddhas, saints, and prayers carved and painted into a rock face. A Tibetan woman wearing a turquoise hair ornament and necklace. A Tibetan woman wearing a turquoise hair ornament and necklace. A building on the Barkhor in the process of being whitewashed. A building on the Barkhor in the process of being whitewashed. Monks talking with merchants in the plaza in front of the Jokhang Temple.
A Tibetan-American girl playing a ring game in the plaza in front of the Jokhang Temple. Tibetans going about their business in the plaza in front of the Jokhang Temple. Tibetans going about their business on the Barkhor. Tibetans going about their business on the Barkhor. Tibetans going about their business on the Barkhor. Tibetan women gathered in the plaza in front of the Jokhang Temple. Family members and guests eating in the living room. A Tibetan man at home.

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