Officials wearing ringyen dress at New Year Type:unstretched canvas

Officials wearing ringyen dress at New Year Type:unstretched canvasThree officials, Kyibu on the left [in reversed image; should be on right], wearing ancient Tibetan dress known as ringyen for New Year celebrations in 1937. They are wearing silk robes with amber and coral necklaces and a circular gold and turquoise ornament. Kyibu's hat has a scarlet crown and is a sign that he is one of two officials chosen by the Regent for special duties during the ceremony. This dress is supposed to be that which was worn by the

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wearing a large dagger in the scabbard across his waist

The women wear sheila (head cloths) over their hair and burqa (face masks worn by married women)

View of pieces of wood laid out on the ground

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View of houses at Imdras in the High Atlas range of mountains

wearing a cloth hat

one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides

the other riding a laden donkey

He has been adorned with woman's earrings and an ostrich feather headdress

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between which flows the little stream of the Rio de Taos