CHINA, Qinghai, Religion, Dancers carrying ceremonial scarves during Tibetan festival.

China, Ganzu, Xiahe Monastery, Tibetan ladies watched by a child prostrate themselves.

Bhutan, Religion, Festival to honour the mystic and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism Padmasabhava. Crowds and dancers in costume.

China, Tibet, Shigatse, Primary school child sitting on the floor writing Tibetan with a stick in ink on to a small board.

China, Tibet, Shigatse, Primary school children sitting at desks copying Tibetan handwriting.

China, Tibet , Lhasa, Jokhang Tibetan Monk.

China, Xiahe, Tibetan water carriers on path at dawn.

China, Tibet, People , Tibetan man from Khamba, head and shoulders portrait.

A Tibetan Buddhist monk at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. Around his neck are his mala rosary beads.

Two young Khamba Tibetan women from the Kham region of eastern Tibet on a pilgrimage to visit holy sites in Lhasa, Tibet. One is wearing a western-style felt hat, which is very popular in the Kham re...

A Tibetan Buddhist pilgrim from the Kham region of eastern Tibet and a monk circumambulating around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet.

A Khamba Tibetan woman from the Kham region of eastern Tibet on a pilgrimage to the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. She is wearing a traditional heavy sheepskin-lined chupa or chuba coat and gangdian...