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Pilgrims who repeatedly prostrate themselves while making the circuit of Mt. Kailas take one step, make a Tibetan prayer gesture, raise their hands in prayer, and lay down on the ground, their arms extended in front of them. Then they stand up and place their feet where their fingertips had just touched and repeat the process again. Those that do this often wear knee pads, aprons and canvas shoes on their hands and take two or three weeks to complete the journey.

Xiahe and the Labrang Monastery བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་

June 5th 2013
Bonjour à tous! Comme vous pourrez le constater, j’ai écrit un (trop) long email en anglais donc je vais essayer de faire plus court en français. Je suppose que vous avez bien d’autres choses à faire que de lire mes péripéties sur les routes de campagne de Chine et puis, de mon coté à Pékin le temps est super ensoleillé et j’aimerais bien en profiter au plus vite ! Je suis rentr ... read more

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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

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