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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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Tsering Tso and her nephew Droma Tsering
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Tsering Tso and her nephew Droma Tsering

Tibetan plateauamdotibetan village

  • Bringing a bale of barley into Maggan village
  • The barley is spread over the horizontal bars and let to sun dry for about a month.
  • Lunch break during the barley harvest
  • The milk house
  • Maggan Village where I stayed for a week.
  • A privy with a view
  • Tsering Tso outside her family compound in Maggan Village in Amdo
  • Tsering Tso and her nephew Droma Tsering
  • Droma Tsering and Gonpa Ta
  • The privy view
  • A Maggan Village family in their home
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  • Tibetan prayer flags on the hill above Maggan Village
  • Threshing the barley
  • Gongpa Ta and his family home
  • Tenzin Tso
  • Gongpa Ta and Gonpo Tso making Tibetan dumplings or momo's
  • Steaming Tibetan dumplings or momo's
  • Gongpa ta cutting off some meat
  • Droma Tsering playing around before dinner
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