[Leica] Bhutan people

[george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)]

On Dec 9, 2013, at 10:18 PM, H&ECummer wrote:

> here's the photo:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ArowLaunchw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/p3929fl
> 
> 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:
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> <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:
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ParoWaitressw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/mjsoquv
> 
> Prayer beads are much in evidence:
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> <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:
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/TourisTWorshipperw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/kpm6ovk
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> 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:
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> <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:
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ECHCTigersw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/lkjzpol

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