1. Travel

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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Cashi Drolma, a nun at Damo Ani Gompa
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Cashi Drolma, a nun at Damo Ani Gompa

Tibetan nuntibetan plateaugansu

  • Shoes used for the cham
  • Lama Abu performing Cham at Lhagong Gompa
  • Ritual instruments at the Cham at Lhagong Gompa
  • Cham at Lhagong Gompa
  • Cham at Lhagong Gompa
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  • Cham at Lhagong Gompa
  • Large Shakyamuni Thanka at the Cham at Lhagong Gompa
  • Monks sounding the dungchen used in Tibetan ritual at the Cham
  • Monks leading the Cham
  • Large Shakyamuni Thanka at the Cham at Lhagong Gompa
  • Monks using ritual instruments at the Cham
  • Cham dancers
  • Ritual instruments.  <br />
From left to right is the kapala (metal skull cup holding amrita, sanctified liquor),  drilbu (ghanta, or bell), dorje (vajra), damaru (hand drum), le-bum, rice bowl (rice for making symbolic offerings).
  • Cham dancers
  • Driving to Sade
  • Shrine room in a Tibetan house.  The stains on the floor are from many prostrations, one of the foundation practices in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism
  • Typical entry door to a Tibetan family compound
  • Large Tibetan house
  • Cashi Drolma, a nun at Damo Ani Gompa
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