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71. Photo 1167(70)

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Photo 1167(70)
Title:
Meme Buchen Getuk Sonam performs a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Meme Buchen Getuk Sonam performs a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung. He is invoking the local demons in order to trap them in a block of stone. Once trapped the stone was laid on the belly of the owner of the house then smashed with a boulder' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2006
Extent:
1 item

72. Photo 1167(71)

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Photo 1167(71)
Title:
Buchen Sangey Getuk performs in the role of Lugsi the shepherd during a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Buchen Sangey Getuk performs in the role of Lugsi the shepherd during a stone breaking ceremony on top of a house in at Lhalung. Sangey Getuk is an onba, the member of the Buchen troupe whose role is to joke, tease, amuse and outrage the audience. Lugsi is an argumentative, cocky and obstreper...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2006
Extent:
1 item

73. Photo 1167(72)

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Photo 1167(72)
Title:
A Buchen performs as the deaf mother of the 'crazy saint' Drukpa Kunleh in a performance in upper Mane, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2007
Extent:
1 item

74. Photo 1167(73)

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Photo 1167(73)
Title:
A Buchen dressed as a demon gets into role backstage in a house in upper Mane, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A Buchen dressed as a demon gets into role backstage in a house in upper Mane. The performance of the play Nyella (Hell) will take place in the animal pen outside the house. Buchen travel and perform their theatre in Spiti, Pin and Kinnaur during the winter months. It is bitterly cold outside....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2007
Extent:
1 item

75. Photo 1167(74)

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Photo 1167(74)
Title:
Two Buchen dressed as demons keep warm in a polytunnel in Langsa, Spiti, prior to a performance of the play Nyella (Hell). Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Feb 2007
Extent:
1 item

76. Photo 1167(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(75)
Title:
Meme (Head) Buchen Getuk Sonam conducts a marriage ceremony in a performance of the play 'The Prince’s Wedding' in Langsa, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2007
Extent:
1 item