Monks preparing food in the kitchen of Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Monks in the kitchen of Key Monastery preparing food for the monastic community. A large cauldron of cricket ball-sized lumps of pak, a mixture of tsampa (roast barley flour), black tea and butter will be distributed along with rations of Tibetan tea' (Patrick Sutherland).
Young monks wearing ancient wooden masks during the dance festival at Key Monastery. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of two monks wearing masks, with monastery buildings in the background: 'Young monks wearing ancient wooden masks during the dance festival at Key Monastery. These Bakhtuk act as jokers during the performances, teasing the older monks by mimicking them and ...
Young monks studying religious texts at Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Young monks studying religious texts at Key Monastery. Traditionally monasteries were the only centres of formal education in Spiti. Now there are also nunneries and many secular schools' (Patrick Sutherland).
Treading earth to form the walls of a new house at Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'In Kibber, a man treads moist earth to form the walls of his new house. In the background women return from working the fields. The earth has been dug from the hillside and then sieved and mixed with water from a nearby stream. It seems as much a reshaping of the landscape as a process of build...
Buddha images on the wall of Tabo Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Hundreds of images of the Buddha cover a wall in Tabo Monastery. Some of these exquisite murals date back to 996 A.D. when the monastery was founded. Tabo is one of 108 religious sites spread from Mustang to Ladakh associated with Rinchen Zangpo, the 'great translator' of many Buddhist sutras f...
Interior of a typical Spiti house at Losar. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Interior, with a man and a woman in the foreground: 'The interior of a typical Spiti house in Lossar. The ceilings of large rooms are supported with carved wooden pillars. Family members and guests congregate around a metal box stove, source of heat and cooked food' (Patrick Sutherland).
Dorje Dolma making chappatis for her family in Phar, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Dorje Dolma making chappatis for her family in Phar. The social centre of every house is a metal box stove which burns dried dung' (Patrick Sutherland).
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).
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).