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Tibetan Festivals

Written by craig on March 11, 2021

Khampas, the warrior horseman of old Tibet, compete at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Female Khampa wears gold hair pieces and gau boxes, zee stones & coral at the Litang Horse Festival - Sichuan Province, China

Male Khampa wears coral, zee stones, fox fur hat and tiger skin at the Litang Horse Festival - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Zha Xi Lang Jia Rimpoche at Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Masked dancers (protector deity) at the Monlam Chenmo or Cham Dances, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Protector deities dance at the Monlam Chenpo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Masked stag dancer representing the animal world at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Dance troop with otter skin costumes represent a region of Kham - Litang Horse Festival, Sichuan Province, China

Dance troops preform at the Litang Horse Festival, representing various regions of Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Female Khampa's wear gold hair pieces and gau boxes, zee stones and coral at the Litang Horse Festival - Sichuan Province, China

Pilgrims & prayer wheels at the Monlam Chenmo masked dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Khampa's watch the Monlam Chenmo masked dances from the roof, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Nyingmapa monks play drums at the Monlam Chenmo dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Nyingma sect at Katok Dorjeden Monastery watch the Cham dances - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Monks dance with ribbons representing deity powers at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Sisters at the Monlam Chenmo masked dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Three Khampa women watch the Cham Dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Buddhist monks play kanglings at the Cham dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Disciplinarian Clown at the Nyingma Cham Dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Masked dancers with skulls representing impermanence at the Cham dances, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Masked dancer sits on crowd as part of the performance at the Monlam Chenmo, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Buddhist monks hold scriptures at the Monlam Chenpo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Buddhist monk at the Nyingma Cham Dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Buddhist monks hand with mala at the Monlam Chenmo Dances, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Khampa crowd at the Nyingma Cham Dances, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (eastern, Tibet), Sichuan Province, China

Black hat dancers at the Monlam Chenpo honoring Padmasambhava, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Yak dancer represents the animal world at the Monlam Chenpo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Protector deities tames demons & negativity at the Monlam Chenpo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Human effigy is cut up to remove negativity at the Monlam Chenpo, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

Tibetan tents with Buddhist designs are used for accommodation, Litang Horse Festival in Kham - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Khampa man and Tibetan pony wait for a chance to race at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Detail of traditional female Khampa's Orange Fuzzy Hat, wearing gold and coral hair pieces at the Litang Horse Festival - Sichuan Province, China (Tibet)

Khampa's show horsemanship by touching the ground at the Litang Horse Festival - Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

A Khampa demonstrates his horsemanship by touching the ground, Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan, China, (Tibet)

Khampa's entertain the crowd in a rowdy horse race at the Litang Horse Festival - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

A MONK lights butter lamps in the JOKHANG, TIBET'S holiest temple, built by KING SONGTSEN GAMPO in the 7th Century - LHASA, TIBET

A SIKH K.P. SING, SHOSHONE tribesman JAMES TROSPER and TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONKS blowing horns attend the INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE with the DALAI LAMA - ST PAUL CATHOLIC CENTER, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

TIBETAN SKELETON DANCER during TIBET NIGHT at a DALAI LAMA teaching in October 2007 sponsored by KUMBUM CHAMTSE LING & the TIBETAN CULTURAL CENTER - BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

MASKED CHAM DANCER during TIBET NIGHT at a DALAI LAMA teaching in October 2007 sponsored by KUMBUM CHAMTSE LING and the TIBETAN CULTURAL CENTER - BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

CHANTING GYUTO MONKS during TIBET NIGHT at a DALAI LAMA teaching in October 2007 sponsored by KUMBUM CHAMTSE LING and the TIBETAN CULTURAL CENTER - BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

MONGOLIAN BUDDHIST DANCER during MONGOLIAN NIGHT at a DALAI LAMA teaching in October 2007 sponsored by KUMBUM CHAMTSE LING and the TIBETAN CULTURAL CENTER - BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

MONGOLIAN DANCERS perform at the TIBETAN MONGOLIAN CULTURAL CENTER during a Buddhist teaching by the 14th DALAI LAMA of Tibet - BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

TIBETAN DANCERS perform at the TIBETAN MONGOLIAN CULTURAL CENTER during a Buddhist teaching by the 14th DALAI LAMA of Tibet - BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

The 14th DALAI LAMA of TIBET attends an INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE - ST PAUL CATHOLIC CENTER, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

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