Buddhist Life

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Buddhist Life

in

Bhutan

the country is based on Buddhist faith

 

from this Royal stupa in Thimphu

 

to individual home shrines

 

for worship

 

to prayer flags

 

young monks in training

 

older monks at the market

 

in personal conversation

 

to tonka painters

 

tonkas on sale at the market

 

countryside shrines

 

prayer wheels

 

niche for retired prayer wheels

 

Buddhist figures

 

but some superstition remains with this penis figure
hung from the upper roof over the drying area of a traditional house

 

penis detail

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