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Photographs in Phillip Lieberman Collection

Tengboche Rimpoche (incarnate high Lama) in his study Monks in procession during Mani Rimdu festival Women in Kinde village (washing is optional) Villager holding his prayer beads. Porter with load Drinking party (quite intoxicated on chang)- "new moon festivities". Informal school "Bal Kendra" for poor children run by Child welfare Sciety (Director kiren Tewari)
Moving "up" -- girls lined up before class at a Government school in Kathmandu (2 sessions per day) Shey gompa, inner Dolpa Boy with Yak, Lingshed, Ladakh Women weeding barley fields. Mother and daughters going to work in the fields They are carrying "dokos," traditional handmade baskets woven from bamboo Porter on route leadiung up from Pangboche conclusion of Dumje festival Pilgrims at Mani Rimdu Festival
Tengboche Rimpoche (incarnate high Lama) blessing pilgrims, Bhuddist nun Bon-Po lama in his gompa. Market day (Saturday) Lodgekeeper cooking on open fire Spectators at Kalachakra Initiation Rite conducted by the Dalai Lama Pounding mustard seeds to produce cooking oil. Buddhist nun
Woman weeding barley fields Gompa school for tawas (boys receiving a Tibetan religious education, with modern subjects added) YAKS AND THEIR YOUNG, INNER DOLPO Threshing Gompa school for tawas (boys receiving a Tibetan religious education, with modern subjects added) Pokara Informal school for sqautters children run by Child welfare Sciety in abandoned garage Horseman and horses on Sir-Sir La pass (5,200 meters) Kitchen corner of a one room apartment 10 feet by 8 feet, shared by 7 people. (one bed

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