The sag team
These 2 carts carry all the supplies that 11 prostrators, traveling with the ones in the previous photo, will need on their travel. They eat only Tsamba for sustenance each day. This high calorie, high fiber food consists of roasted barley flour mixed with Tibetan tea, yak butter, and salt. The carts also carry their bedding, tents, and prayer flags. What else could they possibly need??? I ask and am told, yes, they indeed are very excited to be within 20 days of their destination - the Potala Palace.
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more 
