Aug
06
2010
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Photo: Shadow Monk

A young monk walks among the old buildings of Lahmo Monastery in Langmusi (郎木寺).

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Aug
05
2010
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Photo: Religious Trash

One thing I don't like about Tibetan Buddhism is the amount of "litter" it creates. Between prayer flags and these little pieces of prayer paper that get scattered everywhere, there is a lot of religious trash on the landscape.

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Jul
27
2010
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Photo: Devout Buddhist

A Tibetan yak herder gestures while telling us about the anti-Chinese protests in his town in 2008, part of a larger series of protests and rioting across Tibet and Tibetan areas in Sichuan that took place in the lead-up to the Olympics. He was jailed for 20 days for his part in the protests, while others we met had been imprisoned for as long as a year. The large army presence in this area is evidence of how closely Tibetans and their religion are monitored and restricted in China.

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Jun
04
2010
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Photo: Dai Monastery Cook

An ethnic Dai (傣族) woman dishes out a meat-filled meal at the Gengma (耿马县城) Buddhist monastery.

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