Tibetan Citipati skeleton dancers in skull masks perform the Cham Dance during the Monlam celebrations marking Tibetan New Year at the Kumbum Monastery, also known as Ta’er Monastery, February 12, 1990 in Lusar, Xining, Qinghai, China.

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Size: 4942px × 7413px
Location: Kumbum Monastery, Xining, Qinghai, China
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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