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Abbas - CHINA. Tibet. 2009.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Buddhist pilgrims perform the ritual of prostration around the JOKHANG Temple.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Buddhist monks buy prayer wheels.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Pilgrims perform rituals around the Jokhang.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. A Buddhist pilgrim performs the ritual of prostration around the JJOKHANG Temple, ano
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. A presumed secret policeman pretends to be a tourist to photograph pilgrims around th
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SERA Buddhist monastery. Buddhist monks participate in a daily session of questio
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SERA Buddhist monastery. Buddhist monks participate in a daily session of questio
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa.The KUN DUN LING Buddhist monastery. A monk blesses pilgrims with prayers and a ritual
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa.The KUN DUN LING Buddhist monastery. A monk blesses pilgrims with prayers and a ritual
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa.The KUN DUN LING Buddhist monastery. Monks study sacred texts to the rythm of beating
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa.The KUN DUN LING Buddhist monastery. Monks study sacred texts to the rythm of beating
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa.The KUN DUN LING Buddhist monastery. A monk prepares lunch in the kitchen.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Ethnic Han Chinese tourists don Tibetan traditional clothes to be photographed, for a
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. An uniformed Chinese soldier checks a military vehicle in front of the Potala. A Tibe
CHINA. Tibet. Near Lhasa. Shamanic looking oovas ( piles of stones) dedicated to spirits cohabit with Budd
CHINA. Tibet. Drak Yarpa. A modest canteen.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery. Nuns at prayer in the main chapel.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery. A nun adjusts her robe before a ritual, another
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery manages a restaurant. The kitchen.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SANG GYE TONG KU Buddhist Temple houses many paintings of the Buddha painted on a
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The BARA LABUK Buddhist monastery. Silk scarves are offered by pilgrims.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. On an auspicious day - full moon - pilgrims burn juniper twigs and operate large pray
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. On an auspicious day - full moon - a Buddhist monk operates large prayer wheels aroun
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. On an auspicious day - full moon - pilgrims walk around the Potala, holding their pra
CHINA. Tibet. A worker pulls electric cables in the desert.
CHINA. Tibet. Buddhist sutras are written on flags blown by the wind.
CHINA. Tibet. Gyantse. The city's back streets look like a village. A woman carries a bag of cow dung - to
CHINA. Tibet. Gyantse. The city's back streets look like a village. Bags of cow dung - to be used as fuel
CHINA. Tibet. Gyantse. The city's back streets look like a village.
CHINA. Tibet. Gyantse. The city's back streets look like a village. A young woman holds a mirror.
CHINA. Tibet. Gyantse. The BAIJU Buddhist Temple.
CHINA. Tibet. Trees on the road... winter.
CHINA. Tibet. Shygatse. The TASHI LHUNPO Buddhist monastery. Pilgrims pass by an old tree.
CHINA. Tibet. Shygatse. Religious trinklets are sold outside the TASHI LHUNPO Buddhist monastery.
CHINA. Tibet. Fields and a village by a the Yellow River, on the road from Shygatse to Lhasa.
CHINA. Tibet. Pilgrims perform a ritual of prostration all the way from their distant village to Lhasa.
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. Monks perform prayers
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. Monks eat lunch in the
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. Monks carry bags of dr
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Armed Chinese soldiers stand watch over Tibetan pilgrims who don white silk scaves in
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Chinese soldiers in anti-riot gear patrol the plaza in front of the JOKHANG Temple, a
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Pilgrims perform a walking ritual around the JOKHANG Buddhist Temple. An elegantly dr
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Pilgrims perform rituals around the Jokhang. A woman rubs a metal dish with grains of
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Pilgrims perform rituals around the Jokhang.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Pilgrims perform rituals around the Jokhang.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. A Buddhist monk with a camera.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Buddhist pilgrims perform the ritual of prostration around the Jokhang Temple.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Pilgrims perform rituals around the Jokhang.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. A visitor for the Kham province on a cellphone.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Buddhist pilgrims line up to go inside the JOKHANG Temple.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Pilgrims carry statues of deities around the Jokhang.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The DREPUNG Buddhist monastery. Pilgrims have made donations of bank notes to the pho
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The DREPUNG Buddhist monastery.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SERA Buddhist monastery. A pilgrim is blessed with a stick.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SERA Buddhist monastery. Buddhist monks participate in a daily session of questio
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SERA Buddhist monastery. Buddhist monks participate in a daily session of questio
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa.The KUN DUN LING Buddhist monastery. Monks study sacred texts to the rythm of beating
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa.The KUN DUN LING Buddhist monastery. Monks study sacred texts to the rythm of beating
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The GYUDME Buddhist monastery houses a tantric college.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The GYUDME Buddhist monastery houses a tantric college. Monks fill new religious stat
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Tourists don traditional Tibetan clothes to be photographed in front of the Potala.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Uniformed Chinese soldiers on patrol in front of the Potala.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Uniformed Chinese soldiers patrol the plaza in front of the Potala while Buddhist pil
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. A Buddhist pilgrim walks past large prayer wheels with smoke arising from juniper twi
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Buddhist pilgrims walk around the Potala whose external walls are adorned with big pr
CHINA. Tibet. Near Lhasa. A woman traveller burns juniper twigs in an oven set under prayer flags.
CHINA. Tibet. The DRAK YARPA Buudhist cave monastery set in mountains. A pilgrim feeds lamps with yak butt
CHINA. Tibet. The DRAK YARPA Buudhist cave monastery set in mountains.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery. A nun passes by a hand made solar panel which bo
CHINA. Tibet. Near Shygatse. The SHALU Buddhist monastery. Monks perform a ritual of protection.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SANG GYE TONG KU Buddhist Temple houses many paintings of the Buddha painted on a
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Buddhist monks perform a ritual for pilgrims visiting the JOKHANG Temple to pay thei
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Inside the JOKHANG Temple, pilgrims flock around the statue PAJEN LHAMO Fairy Goddess
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery. Nuns eat their lunch to the sound of trumpets.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery. Nuns at prayer in the main chapel.
CHINA. Tibet. Vegetable glasshouse farms set up and manned by ethnic Han Chinese.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The The GYUDME monastery houses a Tantric college. A pilgrim feeds yak butter lamps.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. In the Chinese-designed modern part of the city, Tibetans walk past a poster of Han n
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Armed Chinese soldiers patrol the plaza in front of the JOKHANG Temple, amid Tibetan
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. In the Chinese-designed modern part of the city, Tibetans walk past a poster of Han n
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. In the Chinese-designed modern part of the city, a Tibetan holding a prayer wheel wal
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Armed Chinese soldiers patrol the plaza in front of the JOKHANG Temple, amid Tibetan
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Armed Chinese soldiers patrol the plaza in front of the JOKHANG Temple, amid Tibetan
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Armed Chinese soldiers patrol the plaza in front of the JOKHANG Temple, amid Tibetan
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. In the Chinese-designed modern part of the city, a Tibetan monk walks past posters wi
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. In the Chinese-designed modern part of the city, a woman walks past posters with a na
CHINA. Tibet. Gyantse. Buddhist monks perform a ritual for a dead person inside a private home.
CHINA. Tibet. Gyantse. Buddhist monks perform a ritual for a dead person inside a private home. On the wal
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. Monks perform prayers
CHINA. Tibet. Gyantse. Buddhist monks perform a ritual for a dead person inside a private home.
CHINA. Tibet. Near Shygatse. The SHALU Buddhist monastery. Monks perform a ritual of prayers.
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. A monk with a black ha
CHINA. Tibet. Near Shygatse. The SHALU Buddhist monastery. Monks are offered cooked rice and dried fruits
CHINA. Tibet. Shygatse. The TASHI LHUNPO Buddhist monastery. Pilgrims give money to beggars.
CHINA. Tibet. Near Shygatse. The SHALU Buddhist monastery. Monks are offered cooked rice and dried fruits
CHINA. Tibet. Near Shygatse. The SHALU Buddhist monastery. Monks perform a ritual of protection.
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. Monks eat lunch in the
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. Monks eat lunch in the
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. Monks carry bags of dr
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The The GYUDME monastery houses a Tantric college. Monks with yellow hats perform an
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The The GYUDME monastery houses a Tantric college. Monks with yellow hats perform an
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Buddhist monk's robes and yellow hat for sale around the JOKHANG.
CHINA. Tibet. Buddhist flags on al altar next to an electric pylon.
CHINA. Tibet. The TSURPU monastery belongs to the Karmapa order of the Kaguye sect. Monks collect clothes
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. In the Chinese-designed modern part of the city, a Chinese soldier in uniform walks p
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery. A cat.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The ANI TSANG KUNG Buddhist nunnery. A nun eats her lunch.
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. Pilgrims perform a walking ritual around the JOKHANG Buddhist Temple..
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. A Buddhist pilgrim carries a large prayer wheel and talks in a cellphone in front of
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SANG GYE TONG KU Buddhist Temple houses many paintings of the Buddha painted on a
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SANG GYE TONG KU Buddhist Temple houses many paintings of the Buddha painted on a
CHINA. Tibet. Lhasa. The SANG GYE TONG KU Buddhist Temple houses many paintings of the Buddha painted on a
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