Herewith I want to show you how lonely and remote (almost desperate) most of the monasteries are built in the mountains. In some cases over the several (sometimes hundreds of) years the people start to build their own lodgings around a monastery. So it can end being a village but they keep their distant look.
Nepal – Discussing Monks
Every day, early in the evening from 18.00 – 20.00 the monks are practicing their discussion techniques. They try to defend a proposition or theorem for thirty minutes. To support his opinion the defender clap his hands with as much show and loudness as possible.
Nepal – Some nun’s portraits
In the Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery I shot several portraits of the nuns. Several faces with several hats in several situations. In the future I will come back with some more also from Bhutan and Myanmar.
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