Nepal Photos

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:11:48

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Boudhanath Temple, Kathmandu

Photograph by Alison Wright

In Kathmandu, the devout light oil lamps at Boudhanath, a stupa patterned on a mandala design. Buddhists walk around the sacred monuments clockwise, the same direction a prayer wheel spins.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:12:00

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Hindu Text

Photograph by Maggie Steber

Hands move across a classic Hindu text. In Nepal, a country of over 28 million, more than 80 percent of the population is Hindu, with Buddhists and Muslims making up most of the minority.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:12:12

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Barley Fields, Mustang

Photograph by David Stubbs/Aurora Photos

Small girls traverse a barley field beneath barren mountain peaks in the windswept region of Mustang. Located north of the main Himalayan massif, Mustang is cut off from the Indian monsoon that waters much of Nepal. Snowmelt from mountain peaks and scant summer rains feed the region’s carefully maintained system of irrigation channels.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:12:28

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Boudhanath Temple, Kathmandu

Photograph by Steve Potts, My Shot

Fluttering prayer flags frame watchful eyes on the spire of Boudhanath, Nepal’s largest stupa. The monasteries near the stupa have become a global center of Tibetan Buddhism.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:12:42

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Mani Rimdu Festival

Photograph by Robb Kendrick

The solemn demeanor of a monk from Thame monastery belies some of the lighter moods of Mani Rimdu, an annual festival of drama and dance to banish evil spirits. Despite Western influence, Buddhism remains an anchor in the changing world of the Sherpas, an ethnic group of devout Buddhists living in northeastern Nepal.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:12:54

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Copper Horns, Lo Manthang

Photograph by Jill Gocher/AsiaImages/Aurora Photos

Buddhist monks blow copper horns from a roof in the Mustang capital of Lo Manthang, near Nepal’s border with Tibet. Remoteness and decades of political isolation insulated Mustang from foreign influence for many years, preserving much of the region’s Buddhist heritage.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:13:08

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Himalaya Peaks

Photograph by Jeff Davids, Your Shot

A panorama taken from Gokyo Ri shows the highest peaks of the Himalaya at dusk. Among them is Mount Everest (at left), which has beckoned the world’s most intrepid climbers to its lofty summit.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:13:20

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Swayambhunath Stupa

Photograph by Alison Wright

Young monks don sunglasses before dozens of butter lamps at Swayambhunath Stupa, a Buddhist temple in Kathmandu Valley. The gold-spired stupa is also known as the “Monkey Temple,” named for the population of rhesus monkeys that roam its grounds.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:13:33

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Nepalese Sadhu

Photograph by Kimberley Coole, Your Shot

The face of a Hindu ascetic, or sadhu, is layered with traditional paint. Sadhus devote themselves to the spiritual life, own few possessions, and typically depend on donations to survive.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:13:47

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Dumje Festival

Photograph by Robb Kendrick

Decorum demands the correct headgear for the summer festival of Dumje, one of the most elaborate ceremonies of the Sherpas, the hardy people of Nepal’s Khumba region in the valley beneath Mount Everest. Buddhist monks don saffron-hued tse-sha while laymen favor cowboy-style hats introduced by tourists.

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