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32201. Photo 1167(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(25)
Title:
Incense burning ceremony for the Dalai Lama on the Kunzum La, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A mile above the shrine on the Kunzum La, the pass at the upper end of Spiti, the Dalai Lama and an entourage of monks perform an incense burning ceremony. Below the tent villagers tend bonfires of aromatic dwarf juniper gathered from the surrounding hillsides and wait to sing and perform folk ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1996
Extent:
1 item

32202. Photo 1167(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(27)
Title:
Monks at Key Monastery, Spiti, rehearsing for the annual cham or masked dance festival. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Monks at Key Monastery rehearsing for the annual cham or masked dance festival, an elaborate two-day rite of purification. Monks dressed in ancient brocade costumes and huge, often grotesque, wooden or papier maché masks enact events from the history of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the stages of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

32203. Photo 1167(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(28)
Title:
Masked monks circumambulating Key Monastery, Spiti, at the end of the cham festival. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Masked monks circumambulating Key Monastery at the end of the cham, the annual monastic dance festival. The gods have come down to earth and villagers lie prostrate hoping to come under the protective power of the deities stepping over them' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

32204. Photo 1167(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(60)
Title:
Three monks from Key monastery, Spiti, walking towards a roadside shrine at Rongtong, where they will perform a small religious ceremony. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 2005
Extent:
1 item

32205. Photo 1167(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(62)
Title:
Young monks sweeping away rainwater in preparation for the annual dance festival (cham) at Key monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 2005
Extent:
1 item

32206. Photo 1167(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(64)
Title:
Monks from Key Monastery perform during the annual dance festival (cham), Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 2005
Extent:
1 item

32207. Photo 1167(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(65)
Title:
Monks from Key Monastery perform during the annual dance festival (cham), Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 2005
Extent:
1 item

32208. Photo 1192(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(10)
Title:
A Burmese priest. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, undivided back. Full-length studio portrait of a yellow robed Buddhist monk, seated cross-legged on a carpet.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

32209. Photo 1192(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(11)
Title:
A Burmese priest. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, undivided back. Full-length studio portrait of a yellow robed Buddhist monk, seated cross-legged on a carpet. Duplicate of print 10.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

32210. Photo 1192(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(13)
Title:
Burmese Buddhist priests. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, undivided back. Portrait group of young Buddhist monks, seated on a flight of stone steps.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

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