Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal waiting to be served tea in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal waiting to be served tea in a house in Lara. Buchen are religious performers who bring the teachings of the Dharma and the message of Buddhism to common people through the medium of entertainment. Each day during their residence in a village they will visit...
A travelling restaurant, Burma. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
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Coloured postcard, undivided back. Group portrait of an itinerant food seller and his customers, posed in front of a temple pagoda (possibly the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon).
A travelling restaurant, Burma. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Group of an itinerant food seller and his customers, posed in front of a temple pagoda (possibly the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon).
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of two women and a man, seated taking tea: 'The old man is 65 years of age, the matron 40, and the maiden 19. They are Yedo people of the respectable trading class.' (p. 60).
Common folk enjoying themselves. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of four men seated in a tea house: 'The group … represents four servants off duty - a cook, a house boy, a betto (groom) and a general utility man — the cook, who is an adept on the samisen [a guitar-like instrument], insisted on being represented with that ...