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Songtsam Lodge in Tacheng

Michel Yamashita

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G 30 Lian Huo Gao Su, Wusu Shi, Tacheng Diqu, Xinjiang Weiwuerzizhiqu, China

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Unnamed Road, Shawan Xian, Tacheng Diqu, Xinjiang Weiwuerzizhiqu, China

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【摩柯龙牙原创】假装清醒【litterzy】

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塔城｜新疆 新客運站稍微有點遠⋯ #tacheng #塔城 #塔爾巴哈台 #新疆 #xinjiang （在 Tacheng） https://www.instagram.com/p/CAaCghbF5ic/?igshid=1s5ci0sw9cqcy

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When you know the answer. @Regrann from @natgeo - Photograph by Michael Yamashita @yamashitaphoto The children know the answers at Bazhu Village elementary school, preschool to 5th grade. A #Tibetan village, kids come from all over #Tacheng area to learn Han Chinese from Naxi teachers in #Yunnan #China. For more on the Tibetan World come to my exhibition, Return to the Tea Horse Road, at Sony Uspace in 798 gallery district, Beijing, China. Opening December 9. @thephotosociety @natgeocreative @natgeotravel http://ideationstationtx.com

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#Repost @natgeotravel with @repostapp ・・・ Photograph by Michael Yamashita @yamashitaphoto - return to Shangrila, I was here a few years back doing a story for #Natgeo Traveler. #Shangrila comes from the Tibetan word, #Shambala, which also means paradise. James Hiltons 1933 novel, Lost Horizon, and the subsequent Hollywood movie, brought the word into our collective imaginations. Shooting here for the next week. #yunnan #tacheng #tibetanplateau #china @thephotosociety @natgeocreative

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Nature God Ritual (in Tacheng): Day 1 (of 3)

This particular ritual is only performed once every 7-8 years. 

1. Dongba shaman-priests sitting around the altar

2. ceremonial altar, with offerings, yak butter, and incense

3. blood from chicken sacrifice sprinkled over shrine

4. weaving through the Ghost House

5. touching water to face

6. Dongba dance with sword and drum

7. kneeling before the Nature God(s)

8. Ghost House destruction

9. bone and amulet