thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 10月19日 08時24分

Photo by @bethjwald // “Soon Jang-bu calls me down again, for a man has brought the thin elegant lute known as the danyen, its stem carved as the long neck of a swan. Everyone is dancing. More villagers come, filling the smoky room with the companionable smells of human grease and coarse tobacco….. The lute player, a dashing handsome fellow in short smock and boots, smiles at me wholeheartedly in welcome, as if I were his dearest friend on earth….. The dance is a short rhythmic step well suited to small spaces, and very like Eskimo igloo dances, even to the jet-black braids and red-bronze faces and the shuffle of the soft, mukluk-like boots.” From “The Snow Leopard” by Peter Matthiessen.
In mid-October last year, I took this photo of the villagers of #Pugmo, in the remote Himalayan region of Dolpo, singing and dancing at a celebration in the old Bon gompa to the music of a traditional lute, as described above by Peter Matthiessen. I was traveling through Dolpo with renowned conservation biologist George Schaller, following the route Schaller took with Matthiessen in 1973, a journey that become the basis for his famous book, “The Snow Leopard”. Also with us in 2016 was Peter Matthiessen’s son, Alex, Tshiring Lama, a young biologist from Dolpo who is studying the snow leopard in her #mountain homeland, and Peter Werth, who brings renewable energy to #Dolpo villages. We spent five weeks in Dolpo looking at changes to communities, wildlife and habitat. Although there were many aspects of the culture that have endured, like the hospitality given by villagers here in Pugmo, there are also many changes, including the erosion of the role played by spiritual leaders and religion in both the Buddhist and Bon communities. Thanks to National Geographic for a grant that helped support the project. Check out my feed @bethjwald throughout the month to see more photos of our journey. #Bon #Bon-po #religion #dance #traditionalmusic #sacredspaces #buddhism #thesnowleopard #conservationhero #Himalayan #dolpa #Himalaya #nationalgeographic #sheyphoksundonationalpark #onassignment @natgeocreative @thephotosociety @bluemarbleproject

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