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2008-2016
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NEPAL SHAMANS
pictures from the very early 70’s
Photo courtesy of
KRISHNA S BEUTEL

NEPAL SHAMANS pictures from the very early 70’s Photo courtesy of KRISHNA S BEUTEL
Photo KRISHNA S BEUTEL

Photo KRISHNA S BEUTEL

Photo KRISHNA S BEUTEL

Photo KRISHNA S BEUTEL

Photo KRISHNA S BEUTEL

Photo KRISHNA S BEUTEL

Photo KRISHNA S BEUTEL

Photo KRISHNA S BEUTEL

Courtesy of Krishna S.Beutel
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–PREPARING FOR A CHAM DANCE IN KORZOK VILLAGE, TSOMORIRI
TEXT AND PICTURES COURTESY OF TRAVEL LUST WORDPRESS
http://ihavetravellust.wordpress.com
A high Lama visited the village of Korzok at Tsomoriri and they decided to perform a Cham dance only the day before. The Cham dance or Masked dance is only performed by the monks and suppose to give merits to the audience, the monks are dressed in beautifully made ornamental costumes and masks of animal deities.
I happened to intrude into the preparations for the cham dance while everyone else including some annoyingly irritating Indian photographers and some other rich European photographers with huge camera set-up waiting in the courtyard for the performance. The monks were kind enough to let me stay on and photograph them dressing up for the dance. The whole preparation was amazing, everyone calmly went about dressing up, the other monks and villagers helping out, dressing the monks in their beautifully intricate costumes.
The feeling I got from this event : well its more genuine and provincial, more real compared to the other large events that is happening in the other places.






























Courtesy of Travellust Word Press http://ihavetravellust.wordpress.com
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MAMOIADA
A LIVING TRADITION
AN ICONOGRAPHIC COMPARISON
-MAMOIADA (ITALY)
In collaboration with the MUSEO DELLE MASCHERE MEDITERRANEE di Mamoiada (Italy).
COMING SOON


Photo Courtesy of MUSEO DELLE MASCHERE MEDITERRANEE di MAMOIADA.
http://www.museodellemaschere.it/
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THE TRADITIONAL DANCE OF THE TRIBAL RAUTE PEOPLE
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The nomadic hunter and gathering Raute people struggle to survive, but fiercly protect their ancient lifestyle in the western forests of Nepal.
Courtesy of Knut-Erik Helle http://keh.nu/

Kings of the Forest: The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gathers , by Jana Fortier, University of Hawaii Press, 2009.
A hunter-gatherer society is one whose primary subsistence method involves the direct procurement of edible plants and animals from the wild, foraging and hunting without significant recourse to the domestication of either.
“There is no need for us to live like you.”
The Raute people of the Karnali and Makahali regions of Western Nepal is a nomadic indigenous ethnic group, which population is estimated in around 650 persons, their language is classified as Tibeto-Burman, closely related to the one spoken by two related ethic groups, the Ban Raji and Raij , the closest documentated language to the Raute is probably the Chepang, spoken by this ethnic group of West-Central Nepal. Officially recongnized by the Nepalese Government, the Raute are known for their life-subsistence linked with the hunting of macaque, langur monkeys, bats, porcoupine, and the gathering of wild forest tubers, fruits, and greens. To obtain grain, iron and cloths they trade handmade typical wooden bowls and boxes to the local farmers. The Raute however don’t sell other products of the forest, bushmeat or forest medicinal plants.
In the present world this last primitive hunter-gatherer society living in the monsoons rainforest of Western Nepal struggles with the deforestation and encroachment, language loss, political domination by surrounding communities. The book explores how this ethnic group is tryong to maintain its traditional way of life .
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RICHARD LAIR COLLECTION
A SENSITIVE SELECTION
https://ethnoflorence.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/nepal-mask-himalayan-tribal-art-richard-lair-collection-a-sensitive-selection/
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See more on
https://ethnoflorence.wordpress.com/category/collection-richard-lair/
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NEPAL SHAMANISM AND TRIBAL SCULPTURE
-NEPAL. SHAMANISM AND TRIBAL SCULPTURE, Christian Lequindre, Marc Petit.
In collaboration with NEPAL TRIBAL ART
see more on:
https://ethnoflorence.wordpress.com/category/collection-christian-lequindre/
-About the Authors of NEPAL. SHAMANISM AND TRIBAL SCULPTURE:
-MARC PETIT
Writer and collector, he has donated a collection of masks from Nepal to the Musée des Arts Premiers Quai Branly, Paris.
Among his books:
– « A Masque découvert, regards sur les arts primitifs de l’Himalaya », Stock, 1995.
– « La Statuaire archaïque du Népal occidental », Renaud Vanuxem, 2006.
-« Le Masque de la Chine », Musée Jacquemart André, Actes Sud, 2007.
-CHRISTIAN LEQUINDRE
Photographer and collector, he has been resident in Nepal since the 1980s.
He carried out multiple field studies between 1995 and 2005 and produced three documentaries on different masks traditions in Nepal.
He has also directed the Annapurna Gallery in Paris from 1989 to 1995.
Publisher: Infolio
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