Maharaja of Bhutan leaving the Delhi Durbar, 1911. Photographer: Macdonald, David
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Genre: Historical Events Sir Ugyen Wungchuk seated in a motor car. Subjects = Bell Collection; Bhutanese rulers; cars; durbars; official events; road transport; transport
Clown mimicking priests praying at Sertreng Ceremony, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view from an elevated position, showing monks and others grouped in large courtyard. The clown, some distance away, is marked by an 'X' on the print. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies; Sertreng ...
Holding religious service before burning the torgya, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Large group of monks with drums: part of the ceremony of Monlam Torgya, the longest and most dramatic of the New Year celebrations. See Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 39-51. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; M...
Holding religious service before burning the torgya, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 356 Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; Monlam Torgya Ceremony; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies; religious services Location = Lhasa; Tibet