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24 October - Paker Festival in Chumey

The Paker Festival, another small Bhuddist festival at the monastery in Chumey, with more mask dances, folk songs, vendors and games of chance.


River near Jakar

On the road

Playing with prayer flags

Erecting new prayer flags

Prayer flags

Prayer flags

Storage shed

I think they were all at the festival...

Paker Festival in Chumey

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Spectators

Musicians

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Bringing out some ceremonial objects

Placing the ceremonial objects

Ceremony

Spectators

Ceremony

Clown

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Audience

Blessing the audience

Do want to be blessed too?

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Black hat dance

Clowns with drum

Young monks

Clown and local folk dance

Local folk dance

At the window

Musicians

At the window

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Tibetan horns

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

At the window

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Tibetan horns

The crowd

Drummer

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Masked dance

Musicians

Picnic lunch

Local woman

Window

Generations

Path way

Path way

Nearby field

Enjoying the view

Someting's going on...

Where can I get some of those dice?

From another perspective

Old house

The crowd left, but the women in the courtyard kept singing

Watching darts

Water powered prayer wheel

Marijuana for the pigs

Prayer flags

Pema and Pala at the bus stop

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