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INDIA. Sikkim.

Marilyn Silverstone 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Young student monks at Pemayangtse monastery. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Lamas during the celebrations of Black Hat dances. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

prayer flags near the monastery. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

novices blowing horns in the monastery. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam with his mother in their village 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

novice receiving rice. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

view of the Himalayas. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

morning mist over a Sikkim village. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam in his village. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

the Monastery on a hill with its prayer flags. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Young monks and prayer flags. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Tashi, a young Buddhist, carries wood to earn money. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Gompa, homes for senior monks 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam watching novice entering monastery in Gompa 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

interior of monastery at Gompa during ceremony. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

novice with a Black hat lama. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Tenzin Chophel pouring 'chang' into a cup held by a Black Hat... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

A novice preparing to sprinkle holy water on the "torma" which... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Samdup, a young Buddhist who lives in the Pemayangtse monastery... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

A small novice in ceremonial dress swings an incense burner. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam catching a goat. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam feeding pigs. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam at home with his mother. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

The mother of Sonam 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Village boys playing their favourite game of tossing coins. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Tossing coins a favourite game of Tashi and his friends. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Tashi, a young Buddhist, and his friend Palchen meet on the road... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Water in a five gallon can is a heavy load for Tashi to carry.... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam holding his calf by a rope. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

A Buddhist nun and a monk from Bhutan, a country next to India.... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Interior of the monastery with boy monks blowing horns. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Samdup kneads a mixture of boiled rice and butter for his grandfather... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Looking out of a window of his house, a powerful lama raises... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

a blue deity. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

A fair behind the temple, Gompa. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam playing a game with jugs and dice 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam watching a game of dice. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

young Tsering Tenzin in brocade vest. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

novice monks throwing firecrackers during festivities. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

novices and chief monks at a review stand during festivities.... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Tashi amidst the crowd watching festivities. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

A deer headed dancer bounds down the temple stairs, at Gompa... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

A Tsara threating to shoot a deer costumed dancer. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Masked dancers circle an enormous prayer flag at Pemayangtse.... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

The powerful lama pulls out a black cloth. Flicking it, he beckons... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

sequence of Black Hat dancers 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

sequence of Black Hat dancers 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

cloud covered mountains of Sikkim 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

young red hat monks blowing conch shell horns. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

bamboo bridge over a stream 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

terraced hills in the Sikkim valleys. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

woman at market selling tea leaves. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam's sister. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

a 'mani wall' of holy flags 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Palchen and Tashi travel by jeep. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

portrait of Karma. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Samdup and Tas 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Sonam receiving some money 

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Marilyn Silverstone 1968

Samdup and Tashi walk in the woods on the way to visit a 'choten'.... 
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