Dancers in skull masks at the Trashigang festival.

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Dancers in painted skull masks and brightly coloured cloths dance at the Trashigang festival, tsechu. These have taken position of the soul of a dead man and are are enacting part of a long story. Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul.

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Size: 4752px × 3615px
Location: Trashigang Dzong, Trashigang, Bhutan, Druk Yul.
Photo credit: © MichaelGrantTravel / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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