Yak train approaches Tarboche, prayer flag pole in Lha Chu canyon, on the kora round sacred mountain, Mount Kailas (Kailash), Tibet, China, Asia

Buddhist prayer stones at sky burial site above Tarboche in Lhu Chu canyon, beneath sacred mountain, on kora route, Mount Kailas (Kailash), Tibet, China, Asia

Pilgrims doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia

The Kora La Pass of Southern Tibet, China, Asia

Buddhist pilgrims making the kora, Boudhanath Stupa, largest Asian Stupa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

The Kora La Pass of Southern Tibet, Himalayas, China, Asia

The Kora La Pass of Southern Tibet, Himalayas, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims on the kora, walking around Mount Kailas (Mount Kailash), which is sacred to Buddhists and Hindus, Tibet, China, Asia

Pilgrims doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia

Pilgrim doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia

Kora workshop at Keur Moussa abbey, Keur Moussa, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Royal Albert Market, Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Tibetan women in traditional costume at the morning circling, Kora, of the Labrang monastery, Xiahe, Gansu, China, Asia

Stupas along the Mt. Kailash Kora pilgrimage route, Western Tibet, Asia

Tibetan pilgrims at kora around Kumbum Pelkor Chode Monastery Gyantse Tibet China

SENEGAL Music Manoinka musician playing the Kora which is a strung gouro instrument

Nepal, Kathmandu, The streets beside Bodnath Tibetan Buddhist Temple.