Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh

Tawang Monastery/Tawang Valley.

Tawang Monastery, before the Buddha Mahotsava festival. The monks are preparing for a procession into Tawang Valley.

A bus in the way causes a monk pile-up.



Flashin' that cheese. CA$H MONEY TIBETAN SKULL DANCE$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$



Another view of Tawang Monastery. This is the second largest monastery in Asia, the Potala in Tibet being the biggest. This area of India (western Arunachal Pradesh) is claimed by both the Chinese government and the Indian government, which makes it a total bureocrazy pain in the butt to visit! But totally worth it. Between two monks with awesome drums, you can see a local Monpa woman. With the local cap made out of yak hair.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

dude, these shadows? Y E A H > > i'm gonna see this stuff in my dreams. everything is just how it's meant to be, beautiful and strange.