Crowds at Namdrotagtse ceremony by Potala Frame:goldNew year ceremony of Namdrotagtse, the 'Sky Dancing Rope Game' or Chakhen Tagshur, or 'Sliding down the rope like a bird'. Performed on 2nd day of the 1st month, King's New Year, at the foot of the Potala. Crowds gather round to watch the ritual as the man stands on the top of the pole preparing to position himself to spin round. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were
The four men sit in a circle on loose rocks under a limestone overhang
View of boats in the harbour at Zanzibar City
View of round houses
combing the hair of a man who is sitting on the ground
A single sail files from the main mast as the boom sails into the far right distance
the people of the pueblo 'are contemplating the abandonment of their present village on account of the enormous sand-drifts which threaten to envelope it
with a camel prominent in the foreground
Behind the boat the sea is tranquil
with a man standing in front of the building
In the far distance Al-Milha and Al Shada palaces are visible in the background
a tributary of the Wadi Jiza
Beyond them rolling dunes rise along the horizon below a cloudless sky
