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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • A Buddhist monk enters the formidable doors of Trongsa Dzong, the Ancestral home of Bhutan's monarchy. The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has sat in isolation for thousands of years and only recently has been thrust into the glare of modern times after centuries of solitude. Bhutan is a tiny, remote, and impoverished country wedged precariously between two powerful neighbors, India and China. Violent storms coming off the Himalaya gave the country its name, meaning "Land of the Thunder Dragon." This conservative Buddhist kingdom high in the Himalaya had no paved roads until the 1960s, was off-limits to foreigners until 1974, and launched television only in 1999 .
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  • Sri Lanka during National Geographic Mission Covershot tv show in January, 2013. (Photo By Ami Vitale)
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  • Sri Lanka during National Geographic Mission Covershot tv show in January, 2013. (Photo By Ami Vitale)
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Monks eat breakfast and perform morning chores in a monastery near Trashi Yengtse October 14, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Traditional doctor heats a gold needle to treat joint pains or headaches to a patient at the Trashi Yengtse hospital in Eastern  Bhutan October 15, 2005. (ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival in Jakar, Bhumtang district
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005.
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Monks practice a mask dance for the annual festival on November 7th, 2005 at the Old Dzong in Trashi Yengtse village in Eastern Bhutan October 15, 2005.l (Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Monks eat breakfast and perform morning chores in a monastery near Trashi Yengtse October 14, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Monks eat breakfast and perform morning chores in a monastery near Trashi Yengtse October 14, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Monks eat breakfast and perform morning chores in a monastery near Trashi Yengtse October 14, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • First year monks learn to play religious music on flutes and drums before they have to give musical exams to the Lama of Punakh Dzong October 11, 2005 in Punakha, central Bhutan. Before 1995, Punakha was the capital of Bhutan. Bhutan is a Kingdom of 753,000 people and is about 80 percent Buddhist, 15 percent Hindu.
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  • Monks eat breakfast and perform morning chores in a monastery near Trashi Yengtse October 14, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Monks eat breakfast and perform morning chores in a monastery near Trashi Yengtse October 14, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Monks eat breakfast and perform morning chores in a monastery near Trashi Yengtse October 14, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival in Jakar, Bhumtang district
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005.
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005.
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Monks practice a mask dance for the annual festival on November 7th, 2005 at the Old Dzong in Trashi Yengtse village in Eastern Bhutan October 15, 2005.l (Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005.
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Sri Lanka during National Geographic Mission Covershot tv show in January, 2013. (Photo By Ami Vitale)
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a city in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place of Buddha's attainment of Enlightenment. Thousands of Buddhists from all over the world gather in front of the tree where he attained enlightment in December 2006. For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha. Since 1953, Bodh Gaya has been developed as an international place of pilgrimage. Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Japan have established monasteries and temples within easy walking distance of the Mahabodhi compound.
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005.
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  • Monks eat breakfast and perform morning chores in a monastery near Trashi Yengtse October 14, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005.
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  • Bhutanese dancers perform in the Jampey Lhakhang festival and later a fire is lit and villagers run underneath it as they believe it will wash away all their sins in Jakar, Bhumtang district October 18, 2005. The festival is a traditional Buddist ceremony performed every year and begins with a dance of the black hats. The Black hats perform a purification and blessing of the ground with alcohol and grains and then they dance to chase away evil influences. (Ami Vitale)
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  • A Kashmiri  child visits a Sufi shrine in Srinagar, the Indian held summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.   Sufiism is a gentle brand of Islam that is mystical and considered by some to be a blend of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.  It has been gradually pushed aside my more fundamentalist forms of Islam orignating in Pakistan.
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  • A young Ladakhi Buddhist who is studying to become a monk wears a mask during the annual festival celebrating the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Lamaism (an off-shoot of Buddhism) in the eighth century. The two-day festival is marked by ritual dancing  in Hemis Gumpa, 28 miles southeast of Leh in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir June 28 and 29, 2004. The Hemis Gumpa is the oldest and largest monastery in Ladakh.
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