Prayer flag and temporary altar, with requisite ritual accessories, erected in centre of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) temple courtyard for the rites of Mani-rimdu; three monks in ceremonial dress play cymbals during the first-day rite, Tshedbang. Thami.


Order number: PP MS 19, 35mm Slide Collection
Date(s) of creation: mid 20th century
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Haimendorf; Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist