Roger's Pictures Tibet 2004 » Shigatse

Shigatse and Tashilhunpo Monastery

In Shigatse we wanted to tour Tashilhunpo Monastery, but when we arrived we discovered that the monks were performing a ceremonial dance for the Panchen Lama. We were led in to seats next to the ceremony, and watched for an hour.

Laundry	Empty space with prayer flags	Tibetan Agriculture	More traffic
Tashilhunpo Monastery	Ceremonial musicians at Tashilhunpo Monastery	Dancers at Tashilhunpo Monastery	Dancers at Tashilhunpo Monastery
Dancers at Tashilhunpo Monastery	Dancer at Tashilhunpo Monastery	Genuine yak butter tea	Dancers at Tashilhunpo Monastery
Dancers at Tashilhunpo Monastery	Dancers at Tashilhunpo Monastery	Tibetans	Drummers at Tashilhunpo Monastery
Watching the dancers	The Panchen Lama	Monks at Tashilhunpo Monastery	Young Monks
Points of view ...	Women at Tashilhunpo Monastery	Chinese statues for tourists	Tourists at Tashilhunpo Monastery
Shigatse	Butter churns in the market	In the market at Shigatse	In the market at Shigatse
Mysterious products ...	The butchers in the market at Shigatse	The butchers in the market at Shigatse

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