Forgotten Land, Defiant People - Tibet

Forgotten Land, Defiant People – Tibet

November 20, 2015 ·

Petri Kaipiainen

New temple at Dzogchen Monastery, Kham
Forgotten Land, Defiant People - Tibet
Ancient Tibet was comprised of three provinces, U-Tsang, Amdo and Kham. The present day Tibetan Autonomous Region includes basically just U-Tsang. Amdo and Kham are included in Quinghai, Ganzu and Sichuan provinces, even though more than half of ethnic Tibetans live in these areas. Old Amdo and Kham are the core areas of both the nomad culture and Tibetan Buddhism, the two defining values of the Tibetan way of life.
Monks starting a recess. Longwu monastery, Repkong, Amdo

The younger shaman is shaking uncontrollably. Breathing is laborious with short breaths. Exhaling makes his cheeks vibrate. Possessed by a mountain God, he is unable to talk, so he commands his two helpers with wild gestures and by pushing them around violently.

When he dances on the ...

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Petri Kaipiainen

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Petri Kaipiainen is a press/newsmagazine photographer from Espoo, Finland, with 38 year experience in documentary, political and portrait photography. He has visited Tibet 5 times since 1985 and has done considerable amount of trekking on the south side of the Himalaya in Nepal.