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![[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1969/01/01/lamas-playing-cymbals-during-new-years-ceremony-gangtok-sikkim-1024.jpg)
![[Dragon head carvings above the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) door, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/15/dragon-head-carvings-above-the-tsuklakhang-main-temple-palace-temple-door-gangtok-670c76-640.jpg "[Dragon head carvings above the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) door, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Man buying items from coffee and snack vendor in shop along a street, Gangtok, Sikkim]](http://picryl-test-processed.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/photo/2019/10/09/man-buying-items-from-coffee-and-snack-vendor-in-shop-along-a-street-gangtok-4f9183-640.jpg "[Man buying items from coffee and snack vendor in shop along a street, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[High Lama and monks at Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) preparing for new year dances and ceremonies, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/20/high-lama-and-monks-at-tsuklakhang-main-temple-palace-temple-preparing-for-f243c4-640.jpg "[High Lama and monks at Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) preparing for new year dances and ceremonies, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Drum inside royal palace temple, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/drum-inside-royal-palace-temple-gangtok-sikkim-640.jpg "[Drum inside royal palace temple, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Masked clowns entertaining crowd at the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1969/01/01/masked-clowns-entertaining-crowd-at-the-new-years-ceremony-gangtok-sikkim-640.jpg "[Masked clowns entertaining crowd at the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Final examination ceremony for lamas]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/16/final-examination-ceremony-for-lamas-33665e-640.jpg "[Final examination ceremony for lamas]")
![[Lamas blowing gyalings at temple door, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/lamas-blowing-gyalings-at-temple-door-sikkim-640.jpg "[Lamas blowing gyalings at temple door, Sikkim]")
![[Lama with headdress and Caucasian man seated in front of nine boys and men, Tibet]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1923/01/01/lama-with-headdress-and-caucasian-man-seated-in-front-of-nine-boys-and-men-640.jpg "[Lama with headdress and Caucasian man seated in front of nine boys and men, Tibet]")
![[Young lamas learn to play horns, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/15/young-lamas-learn-to-play-horns-sikkim-07a86c-640.jpg "[Young lamas learn to play horns, Sikkim]")
![[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1969/01/01/lamas-playing-cymbals-during-new-years-ceremony-gangtok-sikkim-640.jpg "[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Lamas blowing gyalings at temple door]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/lamas-blowing-gyalings-at-temple-door-640.jpg "[Lamas blowing gyalings at temple door]")
![[Lamas blowing horns at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/13/lamas-blowing-horns-at-new-years-ceremony-gangtok-sikkim-c94aa0-640.jpg "[Lamas blowing horns at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Acrobats with cymbals tumbling in a courtyard at a Buddhist temple, with people placing offerings on an altar on the left, also gates and other temple structures]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1860/01/01/acrobats-with-cymbals-tumbling-in-a-courtyard-at-a-buddhist-temple-with-people-640.jpg "[Acrobats with cymbals tumbling in a courtyard at a Buddhist temple, with people placing offerings on an altar on the left, also gates and other temple structures]")
![[Buddhist monks with cymbals, praying inside temple, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/buddhist-monks-with-cymbals-praying-inside-temple-sikkim-640.jpg "[Buddhist monks with cymbals, praying inside temple, Sikkim]")
![[ Cantor Ibrahim Ayad, holding the cymbals, leads Ragheb Moftah's funeral procession into St. Mark's Cathedral of Cairo], June 18, 2001](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2001/01/01/cantor-ibrahim-ayad-holding-the-cymbals-leads-ragheb-moftahs-funeral-procession-640.jpg "[ Cantor Ibrahim Ayad, holding the cymbals, leads Ragheb Moftah's funeral procession into St. Mark's Cathedral of Cairo], June 18, 2001")
![[Dancers or acrobats with cymbals tumbling, with marchers in the background]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1860/01/01/dancers-or-acrobats-with-cymbals-tumbling-with-marchers-in-the-background-640.jpg "[Dancers or acrobats with cymbals tumbling, with marchers in the background]")