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Mustang Lo Manthang Tiji Festival Day 3 06-2 Dorje Jono Stabs His Demon Father With A Phurba  [42 of 51]


Dorje Jono takes a ritual dagger called a phurba and slowly moves it toward the torma cake representing his demon father. After a few false starts Dorje Jono inserts the phurba into the demon's heart on day three of the Tiji Festival in Lo Manthang. Is he satisfied that he has killed the demon?
Mustang Lo Manthang Tiji Festival Day 3 06-2 Dorje Jono Stabs His Demon Father With A Phurba

DATE: 2008-05-04 15:19