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51. Photo 1167(50)

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Photo 1167(50)
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A Buchen politely refuses the offer of tea in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'A Buchen politely refuses the offer of tea in a house in Lara. Buchen are honoured guests and as such are seated on thick carpets raised off the floor near to the stove while the family sits on mats on the floor' (Patrick Sutherland).
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 1167(51)

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Photo 1167(51)
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Women serving Buchen in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Women serving Buchen in a house in Lara. Buchen are honoured guests and are traditionally looked after by the younger women of the house and village in which they are staying. Their relationship is marked by flirtation and continual joking' (Patrick Sutherland).
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 1167(52)

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Photo 1167(52)
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Buchen Chettan Dorje being pressurised to drink arak in a party in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Buchen Chettan Dorje being pressurised to drink arak in a party in Lara. It is perfectly acceptable not to touch alcohol but if you do drink, your hosts are entitled to encourage you, especially at a party. In some villages women will come around the party with buck...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 1167(53)

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Photo 1167(53)
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Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara. Chettan Dorje is reading and reciting from Tibetan scripts, Pema Namgyal is turning a prayer wheel. Buchen are religious performers who bring the teachings of the Dharma and the message of Buddhism to...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 1167(54)

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Photo 1167(54)
Title:
Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal waiting to be served tea in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal waiting to be served tea in a house in Lara. Buchen are religious performers who bring the teachings of the Dharma and the message of Buddhism to common people through the medium of entertainment. Each day during their residence in a village they will visit...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 1167(55)

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Photo 1167(55)
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A performance of The Elephant, one of the most popular plays in the Buchen repertoire, Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'A performance of The Elephant, one of the most popular plays in the Buchen repertoire. During the play the Elephant will dance to the sound of cymbals and chanting, leaping and thrashing around wildly. Before Buddha’s birth his mother dreamed of a white elepha...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 1167(56)

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Photo 1167(56)
Title:
Buchen dressed as servants undertake a tug of war during a performance of The Elephant at Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 1167(57)

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Photo 1167(57)
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Buchen Pema Namgyal performs in the role of Lugsi the shepherd during a stone breaking ceremony at Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Buchen Pema Namgyal performs in the role of Lugsi the shepherd during a stone breaking ceremony at Lara. Lugsi is an argumentative, cocky and obstreperous character who continually challenges the head Buchen, jokes and flirts with the audience and punctuates his performance with scatological co...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 1167(58)

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Photo 1167(58)
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An audience watching a Buchen performance in the animal pen outside a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'An audience watching a Buchen performance in the animal pen outside a house in Lara. Bowls and buckets of barley that are brought as offerings and placed in front of the altar and statue of Thangtong Gyalpo are part of the villagers’ payment to the Buchen' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 1167(59)

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Photo 1167(59)
Title:
A Cheddo ceremony, Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'A Cheddo ceremony. When a party of Buchen prepares to leave the village that has hosted them for days or weeks of performances they perform a friendship ceremony in which males and females will be linked together as friends for life. Meme Buchen Chettan Dorje picks items belonging to men and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item