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alainloss: Loba spectators at Tiji festival
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alainloss: Young novice monks
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alainloss: Reflective young monk
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alainloss: Young buddhist monk
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alainloss: Young monk- Tiji festival
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alainloss: Tiji festival opening ceremony with Amchi (traditional doctors) appeasing gods
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alainloss: Young girl dressed up for Tiji festival
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alainloss: Young novice monks during Tiji festival
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alainloss: A giant thangka is unrolled from the top of the building on the square
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alainloss: The painted and embroidered thangka depicting Guru Rinpoche is said to be 400 years old
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alainloss: Musicians are local monks from Lo Manthang monastery
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alainloss: Senior monk next to his puja drum
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alainloss: Monk wearing an embroidered high red hat
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alainloss: Monk playing cymbals
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alainloss: Monks perform ritual dances within the mandala circle
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alainloss: Monks in elaborate silk dresses and wearing peacock-feather hats chant and dance
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alainloss: Monks perform various dances to dispel evils and demons from the former kingdom
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alainloss: The Tsowo, the lead monk during the festival, plays the role of Dorje Jono who eventually defeats his demon father
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alainloss: The Tsowo has been in solitary retreat for three months before the festival to practise the meditation and dance rituals
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alainloss: Young monk during Tiji festival
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alainloss: Novice monk during Tiji festival
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alainloss: Monk playing Nga (drum) during Tiji festival
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alainloss: 41st Sakya Trizin, head of the Sakya Pa order, who ruled for over 50 years
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alainloss: Monks playing Dunchens, a 12-foot Tibetan horn
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alainloss: Dorje Jono guides his fellow dancers into each of the many step changes
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alainloss: Tsowo headdress featuring a skull and the 5 colours of Tibetan Buddhism
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alainloss: Dancing monks playing the Nga, the Tibetan drum
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alainloss: Ceremonial hat with a mandala and the 5 colours of Tibetan Buddhism
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alainloss: Embroidered Tibetan boot
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alainloss: The Gyaling , traditional Tibetan Oboe