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Tibet 2012

Tashi delek and welcome to my Tibet 2012 gallery.
I arrived in Chengdu and after a few days rest, a visit to the Panda Breeding Center, I went by car to Kangding or Dartsedo (Tib.). A night in Dartsedo then over the pass and onto the Tibetan Plateau. In Tagong or Lhagong (Tib.) I photographed three days of lama dances or cham, visited a nomad family, the Ani (nunnery) Tashi Gompa then returned to Chengdu for a night. Early the next morning Tsering, (my guide and translator) and I boarded a bus for the 11 hour ride to Zoige, the big city in the Aba Region of Amdo. We were met at the Zoige bus station by a friend of Tsering’s who drove us for two hours to her village, Maggan. All these images are in and around the places mentioned. If you are interested in my route, go to Google Maps and enter the names of the places I mention. To view this as a slideshow, click on the Slideshow button in the upper right then select the display speed in the upper left corner.
A special thanks to Clarke Warren for his assistance with captions of the ritual objects.
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These loads are about 45 Kg or 100 Lbs.
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These loads are about 45 Kg or 100 Lbs.

tibetan plateaubarley harvesttsampa

  • Ready to offer up a khata (silk scarf) to the lama that will bless him
  • Tibetan door to the gompa or monastery in Amdo
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  • Stupas and charnel ground at  Damo Ani Gompa Amdo
  • Circumambulating the stupas at Damo Ani Gompa Amdo
  • Magaan Village in Amdo
  • Meat market in Amdo
  • Meat market in Amdo
  • Bailing the barley or tsampa
  • Bales are tied together and carried up the hill to the village for drying
  • Bailing the barley or tsampa
  • Cutting the barley
  • These loads are about 45 Kg or 100 Lbs.
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  • Dorje Tso getting another bale ready for the 10 minute trip up the hill to the village
  • The barley is a staple used throughout the year
  • The barley is dried for a month
  • Droma Tsering spinning a mani or prayer wheel
  • The barley harvest in Maggan village went on for three days.
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