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  • Children in national dress wait outside Trashigang Dzong during the Trashigang festival, Trashigang  Tsechu. They are dressed in traditional style in Kira (skirt) wonju (blouse) and toego (jacket).  The whitewashed stone walls of the Dzong are in the background.  Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • A choir of elegant young ladies at the Mongar festival, Mongar Tsechu. The ladies are dressed in traditional style in Kira (skirt) wonju (blouse) and toego (jacket).  Mongar Dzong. Mongar,  Bhutan, Druk Yul. 18 November 2007
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  • A choir of elegant young ladies at the Trashigang festival, Trashigang  Tsechu. The ladies are dressed in traditional style in Kira (skirt) wonju (blouse) and toego (jacket).  They are watched by buddhist monks and people in Bhutanese national dress. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Three bawdy masked clowns, atsara, argue as part of the story that is being told by the clowns and dancers at the Mongar festival, Mongar Tsechu.  Clowning is an important part of the Mongar festival.   Mongar Dzong. Mongar,  Bhutan, Druk Yul. 18 November 2007
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  • The ends of two long musical bass horns protrude from an ornate window in the wall of the  Trashigang Dzong during the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These are used to produce a long bass note which, together with cymbals and bells accompany the dancers below. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul.  19 November 2007
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  • Three bawdy masked clowns, atsara, one of them holding a bag of condoms present a message about family planning at the Mongar festival, Mongar Tsechu.  This is part of a wider family planning campaign. Clowning is an important part of the Mongar festival.   Mongar Dzong. Mongar,  Bhutan, Druk Yul. 18 November 2007
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  • A dancer in a painted skull mask and brightly coloured clothes dances at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Dancers in painted animal masks and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These represent animal spirits amd are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Two young buddhist monks watch dancers and musicians at the Trashigang festival, Trashigang  Tsechu. They are standing on a brightly draped ornate wooden balcony or window in the white wall of the .Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • A dancer in a painted skull mask and brightly coloured clothes dances at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. An atsara, masked clown, mocks in the background. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Dancer  in a painted animal mask representing a wild boar and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These represent animal spirits and are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • A Bhutanese audience in formal national dress watches as musicians accompany a black hat dancer at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007.
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  • A Bhutanese audience in formal national dress watches as musicians accompany a black hat dancer at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Dancers in painted skull masks and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These have taken position of the soul of a dead man  and are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Dancers in painted skull masks and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These have taken position of the soul of a dead man  and are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Dancers in painted animal masks and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These represent animal spirits amd are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • A dancer in a painted animal mask and brightly coloured clothes dances at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These dancers represent animal spirits and are are enacting part of a long story. Masked clowns sit on the ground tending their dead colleague who is being judged by the spirits. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • A masked clown , atsara, pays mock obeisance to musicians accompanying dancers at the Trashigang festival, Trashigang  Tsechu. the musicians are dressed in brightly coloured silk robes with hats and wigs. They are watched by buddhist monks and people in Bhutanese national dress. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Portrait of a grinning masked clowns, atsara, at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. He is wearing a blacked carved wooden mask. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Dancers in painted animal masks and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These represent animal spirits amd are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • Masked clowns, atsara,  sit on the ground tending their dead colleague who is being judged by the spirits at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • A Bhutanese audience in formal national dress watches as musicians accompany a black hat dancer at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • A Bhutanese audience in formal national dress watches as musicians accompany a black hat dancer at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007.
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  • A dancers in a red demon mask rimmed with skulls and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These represent animal spirits amd are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007
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  • A choir of young ladies is mocked by as masked cloen in  the central courtyard  of Trashigang Dzong during the Trashigang festival, tsechu. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007.
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  • Dancers in painted skull masks and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These have taken position of the soul of a dead man  and are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 19 November 2007.
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  • Two masked clowns, atsara, watch helplessly as dancers representing spirits approach to judge their dead colleague. They are watched by an audience of monks and young men in traditional dress, gho,  who stand against brightly coloured hangings.Mongar Dzong. Mongar,  Bhutan, Druk Yul. 18 November 2007
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