Indra Jatra festival, Kathmandu, Nepal.
The energy level in Basantapur slowly rises as people arrive for the afternoon festivities on day 3 of Indrajatra. The crowd covers every ledge of the temple steps and packs into all available corners of the square, watching over the still wooden chariots lined up next to the royal palace. Diplomats and government dignitaries arrive in their cars and enter the royal palace’s balcony to observe the crowds. (Read more)
Bhairab dance in Pokhara, Nepal.
Bhairab Dance is a spiritual dance performed by the Newar community in Nepal. In Pokhara, it used to be organized in every 10 years but looking at its popularity, now it get organized in every 5 years. This dance is said to be originated from Bhaktapur or Kathmandu and it was organized in Pokhara too. The dancers are taken as incarnation of god, so the public worship them as Hindu god. (source)
Mongol nomad woman (source)
Woman from Papua New Guinea (source)
Tibetan Beauty By wanderlasss
The Brokpa people are a small ethnic group inhabiting Ladakh, India. Most are Buddhist, however they celebrate many unique traditions based around nature and rituals. The reason they wear decorative flowers on their heads is to please the gods.
Uzbek beauty, Uzbekistan.
Traditional Khmer (Cambodian) Costume
A woman in traditional Khmer (Cambodian) dress taken at the China-ASEAN Expo held in Nanning between 28 and 31 October 2007. It is a ceremonial costume worn to perform classical Khmer dances.
Photo by: AsiaNZ
Portrait of a monk wearing his yellow hat during evening ceremony.
Tibetan people are very attached to their religion and monasteries; it is very common for children to be sent from home to study at a monastery. In the Amdo region the biggest monastery is in Xiahe, located just at the border with Qinghai. The Repkong monastery remains very important, well know for Tangka painting. The predominant Tibetan sect of Buddhism is the Gelug sect, distinctly visible by the yellow hats.
- Photography and text taken from blog by Melanie Dornier
Kalmyk woman Kalmykia, Eastern Russia, Asia.
