Umbrellas, Bo Sang, Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a young woman, Bo Sang umbrella village, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Asia

Woman painting umbrellas, umbrella making factory, Bo Sang umbrella village, Bo Sang, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha statue at Tham Sang Caves, Vang Vieng, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman painting umbrellas, umbrella making factory, Bo Sang umbrella village, Bo Sang, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tao Teck Brass Bell, Wang Sang Sian Park, Pattaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of two young women, Bo Sang umbrella village, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Asia

Woman painting umbrellas, Bo Sang umbrella village, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Asia

Large Buddha at Tham Sang Caves, Vang Vieng, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Porcelain decorations on the Shrine of The Serene Light (Sang Tham) in Phuket old town, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha hidden in the Tham Sang Caves, Vang Vieng, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Colourful paper umbrellas, Bor Sang, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia

Wat Phra Nang Sang, Talang, Phuket, Thailand

Allee de Sang-Dragon (sangdragon trees alley), Mission at Morne Seychellois, island of Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Woman making umbrellas with brown paper at the Umbrella factory at Bo Sang, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Making umbrellas, Bo Sang, Pce de Chiang Rai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chi Neit Sang treatment - TCM

Wat Phra Nang Sang, a temple at Patong in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Allee de Sang Dragon, Mission a Morne Seychellois, island of Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Fire ritual at chiwang monastery during the mani rimdu festival. these monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. one holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. the purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. the circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the buddhas body. solu khumbu, nepal

Monk beating traditional drum called gong, int he courtyard of chiwang monastery during mani rimdu festival. chiwang monastery, solu khumbu, nepal

A solitary mask dancer appears wearing a frightening mask and silk brocade. they circle the courtyard with sprightly leaps. called protectors of faith, or dharmapdla, the origins of figures like these can be traced back to the pre-aryan peoples of india. originally known as yaksas (literally, a wondrous thing), they were tree spirits, who were accepted by the buddhists as defenders of the faith. in nepal and tibet, as in india, local deities were converted into protectors. a devotee of an alien sect devised a means to humiliate the buddha and his disciples. the buddha discovered it and succeeded in converting him to his teaching. due to lack of wisdom, the buddha remarked, some could not realize the goodness of his disciples and he compared the ignorant to the blind and the wise to those who have eyes.nobody is condemned in buddhism, for greatness is latent even in the seemingly lowliest just as lotuses spring from muddy ponds. -the dhammapada. solu khumbu, nepal

Sang sang rimpoche uses the dorje, a sacred ritual object to make the first decisive cut into the sand mandala on the last day of the mani rimdu festival. chiwang monastery, solu khumbu, nepal. solu khumbu, nepal

Event of the Communist Party in the Pathet Lao cave, Tham Sang Lot Elephant Cave, a long table with many delegates in front of a portrait of the former Prime Minister Kaysone Phomvihane, Vieng Xai, Houaphan province, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Boy holding a fan, dressed in a bright coloured costume, on the shoulders of male family member, at the annual Poi Sang Long festival, Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Asia

Event of the Communist Party in the Cave of the Pathet Lao, Tham Sang Lot, Elephant Cave, Vieng Xai, Houaphan province, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sang Sang Rimpoche initiates Mani Rimdu festival at Chiwang Monastery.Solu Khumbu, Nepal.

Thailand, Baw Sang, Detailed scene painted on umbrella

Thailand, Baw Sang, line of colorful closed umbrellas