The Tokchim Tarjum, 1898.
Tag Archives: Tibetan folk costume
A Tibetan Fortune Teller in 19th century.
A Lama woman. Tibetan frontier.
Man from Tibet. Tibetan in 19th century.
Tibetan.
Man from Tibet. Tibetan in 19th century.
Thibetain.
Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
Traditional Bhutia costume c. 1910.
Bhutia Beggar. Woman and Child.
Traditional Bhutia costume c. 1910.
Gallery: Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups by J. Burlington Smith.
A Tibetan Vegetable Seller c.1910.
A Tibetan Vegetable Seller
A Tibetan Vegetable Seller c.1910.
Traditional Tibet merchant costume
Gallery: Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups by J. Burlington Smith.
A Tibetan Lama with Prayer Wheel.
Traditional Lepcha Man costume c. 1910.
A Lepcha
Traditional Lepcha Man costume c. 1910.
The Lepcha are a tibet Burmese mountain farmer-folk, which is located in the region of the eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, Kalimpong and Darjeeling, as well as in Bhutan and as a small minority in Nepal for hundreds of years. Although they are the original inhabitants of Sikkim, its origin still not uniquely determined. So it is assumed that the Lepchas are possibly emigrated from Tibet to Sikkim.
The Lepchas today belong to the Tibetan Buddhist faith. Previously she exercised a shamanistic religion called Mun.
Gallery: Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups by J. Burlington Smith.
Tibetan Mask Dancers at Ghoom Monastry
Tibetan Mask Dancers at Ghoom Monastry
Tibetan Mask Dancers at Ghoom Monastry in skeleton costumes.
Gallery: Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups by J. Burlington Smith.