Drinking chang [barley beer] on New Year's day in the open air. Photographer: Rosemeyer, Willoughby Patrick
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man seated at low wooden table, with women standing behind. Subjects = Bell Collection; food and drink; rites and customs
Tromowas watching a ceremony (probably a monastic dance) in Kargyu Monastery. Photographer: Rosemeyer, Willoughby Patrick
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tro-mo people seated in courtyard. Subjects = Bell Collection; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies Location = Kargyu; Tibet
Ache Lhamo at Norbu Lingka, Lhasa. Central figure praying. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of religious drama in progress beneath the shade of an awning. Subjects = Ache Lhamo (Tibetan religious drama); Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious festivals; theatricals Location = Lhasa; Tibet
My Ache Lhamo in lingka near Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Actors drawn up on stage, including one in the middle with a long white beard. Spectators and tents behind. Mountains in background. The play is 'Suk-kyi Nyi-ma', i.e. 'Sun Body'. The figure in the centre with the long beard is Trang-song, next to the right (a...
Re-chung-nga play, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The event here narrated takes place at Ne-tong, near Tse-tang in the Lho-ka country. The peasant girl (seated) sees the valuable turquoise in Re-chung-nga's (standing next to the right of her) bag (small white cylindrical bag on girl's left). She then feeds Re...
Re-chung-nga play, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Rechung (blurred figure on left), the chief disciple of Milarepa, comes to nang-sa, now married, to ask for alms. Nang-sa is seated on the ground. She gives him a large amount of fruit, and he gives her religious teaching (chho she-kyi-re). At this time (11th ...
Ache Lhamo at Norbu Lingka, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The play is Nang-sa, and the incident shown here is the acting of the religious play (cham) at Naini Monastery, where the magistrate (pon-po) of Re-nang sees Nang-sa. The actor under the pole is beating the drum for the religious play.' Subjects = Ache Lhamo...
The stage and spectators in my theatrical entertainment in the Tse-trung Lingka, Lhasa. Behind these are tents with other spectators. Behind these the Lhasa plain. In the background the mountains. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; theatricals Location = Lhasa; Tibet