[Leica] Bhutan people

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Nice collection.  The shy waitress was my favorite.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 12/9/2013 10:18 PM, H&ECummer wrote:
> Hi Luggers,
> I am returning again to my Bhutan folders. The State Sport for Bhutan is 
> archery and our guide Kinzhang is one of the best archers in the country.
> So we went to see two contests - one with traditional bamboo bows and 
> another one with the newer carbon fiber bows. Kinzhang explained that 
> bamboo bows start to quiver when they are drawn so the archer can't take 
> long to aim at the target and release. This limits the accuracy of shots. 
> With the carbon fiber bows they do not vibrate when drawn and held taut so 
> the archer can take longer to sight and aim at the target. The target, 
> BTW, is 145 m away and it was remarkable to me that it could be hit at 
> all. But, according to Kinzhang, on a good day, when archer is "in the 
> groove" and the wind is calm out of 45 tries a great archer will get more 
> than half his arrows on the target when using a carbon fiber bow and maybe 
> 20% with a bamboo bow. I shot about 500 shots at the contest using the 
> bamboo bow and managed to get three pictures with the arrow leaving the 
> bow. Couldn't manage it with the carbon bows at all.
>
> here's the photo:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ArowLaunchw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/p3929fl
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> The Bhutanese Government has several art schools where young people learn 
> how to produce traditional arts - sculpture and painting.
> Here is a sculpture teacher showing his pupils how it should be done:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ClayMasterBWw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kaf6sx5
>
> Monks come from all over to Bhutan - including (surprisingly for me) this 
> monk with a group of tourists from China. Given the suppression in Tibet
> I was surprised they got permission from the Chinese Government to visit. 
> I'm sure the Bhutan government did not care:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/MonkTabw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/q2mg9fq
>
> Bhutanese people are friendly and don't mind being photographed but some 
> of them can be a bit shy:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ParoWaitressw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mjsoquv
>
> Prayer beads are much in evidence:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/PrayerBeadsw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/n4y9o3k
>
> Walking clockwise around the National Memorial Chorten, built as memorial 
> to the third Bhutanese king,
> and winding his prayer wheel while counting his beads:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/RedPrayerw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lzlsj9x
>
> Two older lady tourists photographing an older lady worshipper at the NM 
> Chorten.
> I liked that they had similar footwear:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/TourisTWorshipperw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kpm6ovk
>
> A pony wrangler at the Tiger's Nest. He walks, maybe three times a day, 5 
> km rising 900m, guiding his horses to the Tiger's Nest. He charges $15 per 
> ride for the out of shape tourists to get to the top and then you have to 
> walk down as it is too steep to ride down.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/WranglerTigersw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kdcbw5n
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> And the wrangler's junior helper who will also carry (and use) your camera 
> for you:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/YoungWrangw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mxhkrl9
>
> Here we are at the look out to the Tiger's Nest. The horses could go no 
> further:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ECHCTigersw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lkjzpol
>
> Please look large.
>
> C&C always welcome,
>
> Howard
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