This is Ladakh festival monks are mask dancing and pray in spitok Monastery Ladakh India.
At the many monastery festivals in Ladakh the victory of Buddhism over other evil religions is beiing told Danvers perform their ceremonys ba waering big wooden masks Throughout the world masks are used for their expressive power as a feature of masked performance - both ritually and in various theatre traditions. The ritual and theatrical definitions of mask usage frequently overlap and merge but still provide a useful basis for categorisation. The image of juxtaposed Comedy and Tragedy masks are widely used to represent the Performing Arts, and specifically Drama.
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Location: spitok Monastery,Ladakh,Jammu and Kashmir,India,Asia
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