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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)
![[Buddhist monks inside temple, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/buddhist-monks-inside-temple-sikkim-640.jpg "[Buddhist monks inside temple, Sikkim]")
![Holiest reincarnate in Sikkim with teacher, Mt. Khangchondzonga [in] background](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1969/01/01/holiest-reincarnate-in-sikkim-with-teacher-mt-khangchondzonga-in-background-640.jpg "Holiest reincarnate in Sikkim with teacher, Mt. Khangchondzonga [in] background")
![Lama boys with Gyalings (horns) of silver and goi[?] wood, Sikkim](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1969/01/01/lama-boys-with-gyalings-horns-of-silver-and-goi-wood-sikkim-640.jpg "Lama boys with Gyalings (horns) of silver and goi[?] wood, Sikkim")
![[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/altar-with-butter-lamps-butter-paste-offerings-torma-and-images-to-be-burned-640.jpg "[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, 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/1969/01/01/high-lama-and-monks-at-tsuklakhang-main-temple-palace-temple-preparing-for-640.jpg "[High Lama and monks at Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) preparing for new year dances and ceremonies, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Blind monks examining an elephant]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1888/01/01/blind-monks-examining-an-elephant-2-640.jpg "[Blind monks examining an elephant]")
![[Final examination ceremony for lamas]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/final-examination-ceremony-for-lamas-640.jpg "[Final examination ceremony for lamas]")
![[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]")
![[Young lamas learn to play horns, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1969/01/01/young-lamas-learn-to-play-horns-sikkim-640.jpg "[Young lamas learn to play horns, 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]")
![[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]")
![[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]")
![[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]")
![[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]")
![[ 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]")