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Tibetan Tranquility

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Buddhist monasteries in Tebet are beautifully built high in the hills, overlooking vast valleys. This one is reachable only by complex, precarious trails. Incredible.

CHINA | Tuesday, 8 November 2011 | Views [465]

Buddhist monasteries in Tebet are beautifully built high in the hills, overlooking vast valleys. This one is reachable only by complex, precarious trails. Incredible.

Making yak butter tea, a staple in the Tibetan diet, is one of the young monk's daily tasks. He must redirect the sun's intense rays to heat the kettle near his cliff-side dwelling.

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Tibetan monasteries are fortresses consisting of prayer and residential communal buildings. Tradition and spiritual beliefs determine the gorgeous, ornamentation and colorful archetecture

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