A painting of the temple and surrounding area, on the wall of the temple:
Blessed by two living Buddhas:
Having a camera war with the monks- we both were trying to sneak pictures of each other:
Monks debating Buddhist philosophy:
Visiting a Tibetan orphanage (where all the children remain there and call this place home):
Tibetan dance performance for tourists:
Yak butter tea and yak cheese:
Dabaosi Temple (Monk does 1000 prostrations per day):
Then a visitor came- hello Jordan Maseng! (he has been traveling through China and Vietnam this semester):
Anent minorities, a recent article.
ReplyDeleteMichael Erard: "How Many Languages? Linguists Discover New Tongues in China." Science 17 April 2009: Vol. 324. no. 5925, pp. 332 - 333
DOI: 10.1126/science.324.5925.332a
There may be some 150 languages in Yunnan. Researchers have so far uncovered dozens of languages that had been hidden by mountainous terrain and administrative practice. The 500 speakers of Alo Phola can't understand speakers of a sister language spoken less than 8 kilometers away.