Masked Bowa dancers including Balden Lhamo (left) with her son's corpse in her mouth performing in the courtyard of the main chanting hall at Cho-ni Lamasery during the Cham-ngyon-wa ceremony
China, Kan-su (Kumbum). Kumbum Monastery.
Fourteen-year-old Fan-tze bride in her finest silk clothes and jewelry at Cho-ni
Lamas sounding trumpets from the roof of the main chanting hall at Cho-ni Lamasery to summon lama priests to put away the garments used for the Cham-ngyon-wa dance
China, Kan-su (Tandrukika). Looking east from Tandrukika.
Five Tibetan men with rifles and gun rests in the Pashetenga District in lower Tebbu land
Lamas on a street in Cho-ni Lamasery near the main chanting hall (left background) and Temple for the Recompense of Kindness (right)
China (Yunnan)] Title: Alternate Title: Terraced rice fields in a valley with misty hills behind
Two novice lamas standing next to massive wooden kettles (right) and tea buckets (left) in the kitchen at Labrang Lamasery
Some of the work of Joseph Rock, a National Geographic photographer in the 1920s, documenting life in Tibet and Western China.