Buddhist believers prostrate themselves before a holy shrine at dawn at the Dalai Lama compound. A row of seated and chanting Buddhist monks creates a blur as each moves his upper body forward and away from the religious text he is committing to memory. A regular ritual among Tibetan monks at the monastery is a form of debate that involves dramatic body language combined with shouted exchanges of philosophical questions. A gathering of young Buddhist monks listen to others debate. His All Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Tibetan monks keep hold of their musical culture which is intertwined with their religion.
A Tibetan boy is just one of the many young children who are orphaned after fleeing their homeland on foot in pursuit of freedom and safety in Dharamsala, India from Chinese forces in Tibet. The Tibetan musical cultural is passed on to the next generation. An orphaned boy calls out on the bugle to hundreds of other children the end of the school day. A boy and his dog spend their afternoon together outside his dormitory in Dharamsala. Unless noted Copyright John R. Stanmeyer.