C O S T U M E A N D D A N C E
In daily life, Tibetans typically wear black and white, with occasional colorful accents— especially women’s handwoven aprons and jewelry of turquoise and coral. For Buddhist festivals and ceremonies, both the lay people and the lamas wear brightly colored costumes— especially in their traditional dances, which may have been influenced from the earlier Bönpo style, including costumes with animal heads.
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Dalai Lama's Birthday Celebration
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Lama Dance
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Padmasambhava Dance
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Folk Dance Mask
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Bhutanese Women
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Muktinath Lhosar Festival
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Folk Dancer with Green Mask
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Folk Dancers
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Folk Dancer
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Dalai Lama's Birthday Celebration
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Weavers at Darjeeling Tibet Camp
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Dance Costumes
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Folk Dancers
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Traditional Tibetan Folk Costume
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Bhutanese in the Fog
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Dalai Lama's Birthday Celebration
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Women's Costume
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Printing Texts at the Institute of Tibetology
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Nepalese Woman
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Folk Dancers
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Folk Dancer with Mask
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Dalai Lama's Birthday Celebration
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Dalai Lama's Birthday Celebration
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Folk Dance
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Folk Dancer with Mask
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Folk Dancer
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Drummers at Folk Dance
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Folk Dance
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Folk Dance
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Folk Dance
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Folk Dancer
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Folk Dance
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Folk Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Dancer
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Tibetan Folk Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Dance
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Lama Lodru
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Ceremonial Mask Dance
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Cham Dance
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Cham Dance
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Cham Dance
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Danshig Naadam
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Hemis Festival
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Hemis Festival
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Hemis Festival
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Hemis Festival
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Masked Dance
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Masked Dance at Sakya Gonpa
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Pemayangtse Monastery Dance
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Sikkim Festival Mask Dance
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Timphu Festival
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Tsam Dance
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Shoton Festival
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Tsam Dance
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Tibetan Local Opera
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Tibetan Festival Dress
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Festival Dress
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H.H. Dalai Lama in Ceremonial Dress
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Festival Dress
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Tibetan Bride and Traditional Drink
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Wedding Dress
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Tibetan Wedding Dress
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Tibetan Marriage Ceremony
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Tibetan Lhosar Festival
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Tibetan men's Festival Dress
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Tibetan Wedding Costumes
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Tibetan Wedding Party
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Tibetan Wedding Party
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Tibetan Wedding Costumes with Cowboy Hats
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Tibetan Wedding Wear
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Tibetan Women's Wedding Costume
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Local Tibetan Dress
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Mahakala Dance Apron
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Chinese Emperor's Robe
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Mahakala Dance Apron
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Early Tibetan Dress
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Early Tibetan Woman's Dress
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Wealthy Mongolian Wear
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Tibetan Dress
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Tibetan Women
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Tibetan Warrior Archers
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Tibetan Warriors
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Nepalese Buddhist Vajracharyas
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Helen Appell, Nepalese Buddhist Temple
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Helen Appell and Prajwahl Vajracharya, Nepalese Buddhist Dance Temple
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Prajwahl Vajracharya, Nepalese Buddhist Temple
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Ladhaki Man and Woman
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Pilgrims at the Jokhang
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Adorned Yaks
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Tibetan Nun With Prayer Wheel
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Dancers in Tang Dynasty Costume
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Dancers in Tang Dynasty Costume
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Tibetan Dancer
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Black Hat Dancers
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Tibetan Woman
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Black Hat Dance
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Rear View of Turquoise Headress
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Tibetan Black Hat Dancer
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Tibetan Man Wearing Jewelled Costume
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Tibetan Man with Jewelry
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Tibetan Woman witJ jewelry
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Tibetan Woman with Prayer wheel
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Tibetan Women with Jewelled Costumes
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Tibetan Woman with Festival Jewelry
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Woman Carrying Mani Stone
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Young Woman with Jewlry