Sunday, May 13, 2007

Rongpu monastery!


Rongpu monastery and Mt. Everest
Originally uploaded by tophervm.
Atop the Rongpu Qinzhogma Hill at the foot of Mt. Qomolangma, the monastery is 90km away from the Tingri County seat and is 5,800m above sea level, the highest of its kind in the world. Annually, it holds three-day sorcerers activities on the 15th of the fourth month and the Ghost-Beating Festival on the 29th of the 11th month of the Tibetan calendar.


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