Caption

A monk performing cham, the sacred religious masked dance, during the Spituk Gustor winter festival in the Spituk Gompa, the Buddhist monastery near Leh, the capital of Ladakh. Many inhabitants of this Indian region, which is often called Little Tibet, follow the Tibetan Buddhism. District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh, India, Asia

Date

Jan 28, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Radek Kucharski

Reference

BRK24A46_371

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No

Property release

NA

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Rights managed

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34,8Mb (1,5Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4272 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

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