At the Feast of Saint Raguel at Adis Abbaba (Part of the crowd descending the hill after the ceremony on 8th May). Photographer: Swayne, Harald George Carlos
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Inscription: Numbered '57' in the negative. View looking down onto and along the valley, with crowd in middleground below.
The Gelong Rinpoche and lamas at the Pin Valley monastic dance festival, Gungri Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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View looking towards the Gelong Rinpoche, seated on a shaded throne, with lamas blowing long trumpets in the foreground: 'The Gelong Rinpoche and lamas at the Pin Valley monastic dance festival (cham). The Rinpoche is the current reincarnation of a line of previous spiritual heads of Gungri Mona...
Photographer and monks at the Kalachkra Initiation, Tabo Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'A photographer and monks at the 1996 Kalachakra Initiation at Tabo Monastery. During the ten day festival, the Dalai Lama delivered a wide range of Buddhist teachings from the simplest and most down to earth to the most elaborate and transformative' (Patrick Sutherland).
Monks at Key Monastery, Spiti, rehearsing for the annual cham or masked dance festival. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'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...
A young monk wearing an ancient wooden mask during the dance festival at Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'A young monk wearing an ancient wooden mask during the dance festival at Key Monastery. These Bakhtuk act as jokers during the performances, teasing the older monks by mimicking them and generally entertaining the audience by punctuating the long solemn dances with touches of humour. They also...
