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Tak Thok Tse Chu Festival

This album is a selection of the photographs that I took at the Tak Thok Tse Chu Festival whilst on a photo tour with Steve Davey in July 2010. This festival is held in the courtyard of Tak Thok monastery in Ladakh and lasts for two days but we only visited on the first day.

Check out Steve's site at http://www.bettertravelphotography.com for information on his photo tours. Steve is an excellent teacher and happily imparts his years of experience plus he is great fun to travel with - I definitely recommend his tours.

Entrance to Tak Thok Monastery

Entrance to Tak Thok Monastery

Early in the day as people are arriving for Tak Thok Tse Chu Festival

Entrance to Tak Thok Monastery

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Woman sweeping

Woman sweeping

Preparing for the festival by sweeping the arena

Woman sweeping

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Old woman

Old woman

An old woman sitting around that the festival

Old woman

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Old man

Old man

Portrait of a local old amn at the festival

Old man

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Monk with bell

Monk with bell

An monk performing religous ceremony at the festival

Monk with bell

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Captive audience

Captive audience

A mixture of locals and visitors attending the festival

Captive audience

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Religous ceremony

Religous ceremony

Monks preforming the religous ceremony at the festival

Religous ceremony

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Crowds drinking tea

Crowds drinking tea

Mixture of locals and visitors drinking tea during a break in the festival

Crowds drinking tea

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Young monk with bubblegum

Young monk with bubblegum

Young monk during the festival caught blowing bubblegum

Young monk with bubblegum

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Masked monks collecting

Masked monks collecting

Two masked monks touring the crowd soliciting donations to the monastery

Masked monks collecting

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Praying old woman

Praying old woman

Old woman praying with a young child in front of her

Praying old woman

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Young children in arena

Young children in arena

A young children ventures out into the arena during a break in the festival

Young children in arena

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Young & Old

Young & Old

Young kid in the arms of an old woman

Young & Old

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Spinning pray wheel

Spinning pray wheel

Old woman spinning her pray wheel whilst watching the festival

Spinning pray wheel

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Dancing masked monk

Dancing masked monk

Single dancing masked monk being watch by another unmasked monk

Dancing masked monk

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Four masked monks

Four masked monks

Four masked monks dancing whilst playing drums

Four masked monks

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Behind the masked monk

Behind the masked monk

View from behind a colourful masked monk

Behind the masked monk

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Masked monk with offerring

Masked monk with offerring

One of the masked monks with an offerring

Masked monk with offerring

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Sitted mask monks

Sitted mask monks

Line of masked monks watching the festival in front of them

Sitted mask monks

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Bowing monk

Bowing monk

After dancing this monk is bowing to the other masked monks

Bowing monk

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Long row of masked monks

Long row of masked monks

Siited monked monks towards the end of the dancing

Long row of masked monks

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Monk giving blessing

Monk giving blessing

Monk giving a blessing to the masked monks

Monk giving blessing

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Masked monks leaving

Masked monks leaving

At the end of the ceremories, the masked monks leave the arena

Masked monks leaving

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Ice cream vendor

Ice cream vendor

Selling ice creams to anyone leaving the festival

Ice cream vendor

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Walking home

Walking home

Locals walking hoome from the festival

Walking home

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Broken down

Broken down

Not getting home quickly after the festival ... need to change the tyre first

Broken down

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No room inside

No room inside

Going home on top of the bus after the festival

No room inside

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