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41.
The courtyard of Jampa gompa during the annual May festival
during which prayer-flags are changed. Tsampa (parched barley
flour) is thrown as an offering to the gods.
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42.
The door to the lower level of Jampa gompa.
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43.
Within Thubchen gompa. The roof is supported by wooden pillars
cut from single tree trunks. It appears likely that the area
was forested when the gompa was built in the fifteenth century.
Today, virtually no trees remain.
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44.
Traditional Tibetan doctor in Lo Monthang.
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45.
A lay monk and his nephew in Lo Monthang.
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46.
The entrance to the school for "Tawas" or novice
monks. These young boys are taught in Tibetan and receive
religious instruction to prepare them for the monastery, if
they so choose.
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47.
Classroom in the Tibetan school, which was organized and paid
for by the people of Lo Monthang.
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48.
Classroom in the Tibetan school.
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49.
The women of Lo Monthang weeding the barley crop. Mainly hand
tools are used.
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50.
Street scene in Lo Monthang. Animals wander freely during
the day in pastures and throughout the village, returning
to their homes in the evening.
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