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New year ceremony of Namdrotagtse, the 'Sky Dancing Rope Game' or Chakhen Tagshur, the 'Sliding...

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PRM479353
Image title
New year ceremony of Namdrotagtse, the 'Sky Dancing Rope Game' or Chakhen Tagshur, the 'Sliding down the rope like a bird', Lhasa, Tibet, 13th February 1937 (b/w photo)
Artist
Chapman, Frederick Spencer (1907-71) / British
Location
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1937 AD (C20th AD)
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Performed on 2nd day of the 1st month, King's New Year, at the foot of the Potala. Crowds gather round to watch the ritual as the man stands on the top of the pole preparing to position himself to spin round.

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© Pitt Rivers Museum / Bridgeman Images
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building / religious / buddhism / steps / asia / stairs / crowd / tibetan / ritual / asian / exterior / spectators / ceremony / monk / lhasa / crowds / monks / stairway / new year / hillside / building / religion / buddhist / chakhen tagshur / festival / namdrotagtse / tibet / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto
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