The Accultured Robot presents:
Tibet, Fall 2003
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Barkhor Square, Lhasa, Tibet The Barkhor square is the meeting place between the old Tibetan town and new Chinese Town. It is the center of tourism and has also been the flashpoint for several demonstrations. |
Johkang Kora, Lhasa, Tibet The Johkang is the holiest monastery in Tibet and a Kora is the clockwise circle walked around all holy sites. Pool is popular in Tibet and you'll find that Tibetans have hauled a table to the remotest corners of the country. |
Johkang roof (Potala in the distance), Lhasa, Tibet People use their roofs well in Tibet and from the Johkang roof, you can see the Potala (once the winter home of the Dalai Lama) in the distance. |
Monks debate on the Jokhang roof, Lhasa, Tibet Each afternoon, novice monks meet on the roof to debate religious doctrine and senior monks sit by to judge them. |
Main door of the Jokhang, Lhasa, Tibet Pilgrims gather here at sunrise each day to make prostrations in front of the holiest site in Tibet. The area is silent except for the low murmur of prayers and the scuffing of people making their prostrations. |
Prayer wheels on the Potala Kora, Lhasa, Tibet Prayer wheels surround the rocky hill in the center of Lhasa that the Potala is built upon. |
Ruins of Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet One of the main monasteries that dictated the location of the capital, Drepung was bombed in the Cultural Revolution (the ruins in the foreground date from that, while the buildings in the distance have since been rebuilt). |
Prayer Flags at Tidrum Nunnery, Tibet Tidrum is centered around a hotspring in a high valley, strung with prayer flags to purify the air. |
Slate inscribed with scripture near Tidrum Monastery, Tibet These stones inscribed with Buddhists scripture are piled in a holy place along the trail above Tidrum Monastery. |