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21. 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

22. Photo 1167(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(26)
Title:
Villagers waiting to return from the Kunzum La after the departure of the Dalai Lama from Spit. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) 'As the Dalai Lama descended from the Kunzum La, a rainbow coloured halo appeared around the sun. Meteorological signs like these are commonly reported when the Dalai Lama visits Spiti and are viewed as auspicious omens. After his departure, villagers...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1996
Extent:
1 item

23. 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

24. Photo 1167(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(33)
Title:
Tsewang Rigzin of Sagnam, piercing his throat with a metal skewer and preparing to perform a sword dance, Sagnam, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The late Tsewang Rigzin, meme (head) Buchen from the village of Sagnam, piercing his throat with a metal skewer and preparing to perform a sword dance. During the dance he will leap on to the tips of swords placed under his belly, his armpits or in his mouth. This p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 1167(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(34)
Title:
Three Buchen praying in front of an altar at Sagnam, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Three Buchen in the village of Sagnam, praying in front of an altar with Tibetan Thankas and a statue of Thangtong Gyalpo. This is part of a stone breaking ceremony, an ancient and elaborate exorcism ritual, first performed in central Tibet in the fifteenth century'...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 1167(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(39)
Title:
Ngawang Kelsang entering a trance and skewering his cheek during a pingri, a boy's special birthday party at Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Ngawang Kelsang entering a trance and skewering his cheek during a pingri, a boy's special birthday party in Kibber. In trance this medium is possessed by a village deity, who provides oracular hints about the child's future prospects, speaking through the medium in words translated by his ento...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

27. 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

28. Photo 1167(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2006
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 1224/4(127)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(127)
Title:
Converting Indians to Mormonism. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of a mass baptism in progress.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item