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42. Photo 1167(3)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(3)
- Title:
- Palden Ngodrup praying in the shrine room of his house in Hal, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Portrait Photography 'The late Palden Ngodrup praying in the shrine room of his house in Hal. These rooms are used daily for prayer and ritual. On special occasions, monks, an oracular medium, a healer or an exorcist may be invited. Offerings of water bowls and butter lamps are set out d...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Jul 1993
- Extent:
- 1 item
43. Photo 1167(11)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(11)
- Title:
- The Gelong Rinpoche and lamas at the Pin Valley monastic dance festival, Gungri Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
- Scope & Content:
- 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...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Jul 1993
- Extent:
- 1 item
44. Photo 1167(19)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(19)
- Title:
- Cremation of an old woman on the edge of the village of Chicham, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
- Scope & Content:
- 'The cremation of an old woman on the edge of the village of Chicham. Traditionally bodies were dismembered by monks and thrown into the river to be consumed by fish. Leaving your corpse to feed other sentient beings is a meritorious practice. Occasionally sky burials in which the dismembered bo...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Apr 1995
- Extent:
- 1 item
45. Photo 1167(21)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(21)
- Title:
- Photographer and monks at the Kalachkra Initiation, Tabo Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
- Scope & Content:
- '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).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Jun 1996
- Extent:
- 1 item
46. 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
47. Photo 1167(53)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(53)
- Title:
- Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Portrait Photography 'Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara. Chettan Dorje is reading and reciting from Tibetan scripts, Pema Namgyal is turning a prayer wheel. Buchen are religious performers who bring the teachings of the Dharma and the message of Buddhism to...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Feb 2004
- Extent:
- 1 item
48. Photo 1167(61)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(61)
- Title:
- A young monk wearing an ancient wooden mask during the dance festival at Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
- Scope & Content:
- '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...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Jul 2005
- Extent:
- 1 item
49. 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
50. Photo 1167(63)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1167(63)
- Title:
- Young monks watching rehearsals 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