This too shall pass

Lurol Festival, Tongren

CHINA | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [669] | View Larger Image

Everyone in the village enters the "lu khang" - a communal meeting point, in this case a Bon Temple. They parade and dance as the procession winds it's way to a sacrificial alter.

A woman raises her arms in prayer to the Mountain God Amyesrmachen, who is temporarily manifested in a human medium .

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Sang (an incense of juniper mixed with flour) is sprinkled on to the offerings. Everything, from food to clothing, is sacrificed on a pyre. In accordance to Bon tradition there would originally have been a blood sacrifice too. However, the Lurol festival has had to be tamed since it's recent resurgence following banishment during the Cultural Revolution.

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Lurol Festival, Tongren

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