Ladakh The Culture and People of Little Tibet

Name: Ladakh The Culture and People of Little Tibet
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ISBN: 9780764342813

ISBN-10: 0764342819

ISBN-13: 9780764342813

Edition: 2013

Authors: David Vaala

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Over the course of five years, photographer David Vaala embedded himself in Ladakh, a mountainous corner of Northwestern India, to capture "Little Tibet": its landscapes, culture, and people. More than 150 full-color, large-format images focus on the rare cham dances, masked dance-dramas, which are a unique aspect of Tibetan Buddhism. Using a make-shift studio, Vaala documented these brief annual ceremonies that narrate the story of Buddhism's spread into Tibetan culture. The images immortalize the cham ceremonies with detailed portraits of individual cham characters from each of the four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism as practiced in Ladakh. Further celebrating this isolated region are…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 3/28/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 12.00" wide x 12.00" long x 12.00" tall
Weight: 4.136
Language: English