It was a super experience to be on streets on Tibetan New Year...Not many shops were open & huge Crowd going towards the temple dressed in traditional Tibetan SHUBA Dress..
Their costume is not elaborate. It normally consists only of a shuba, a long capacious robe with wide, elongated sleeves which hang almost to the ground. This is caught up at the waist by a woolen girdle, so that its skirts reach only to the knees and its upper folds form an enormous circular pocket round its wearer's chest.
The Tibetans hardly ever do their shubas up over their chests. The right shoulder and arm are almost always left free, and when they are on the march or at work the whole top part of the robe is allowed to slip down so that it is supported only by the belt. This leaves them naked above the waist and clad in a very odd-looking sort of skirt below it. They hardly feel the cold at all and in the depth of winter, heedless of frost or snow or wind, they trudge imperturbably along with their bosoms bared to the icy blast. Their feet, too, are bare inside their great high boots.
Tsuglagkhang Temple , the Dalai Lama's temple, Mcleodgang Celebrations for New Year..
Infact before I entered the temple, saw many people celebrating.There were monks just outside the temple to receive offerings..
The Temple is decorated once a year and there was a long queue to see something on the first floor..Well I wondered what would be so special and waited for an hour to reach the temple, but the wait indeed was blissful...
Temple was beautifully lit by light and decorated by flags and bunting all around..
Will be back with inside stories..Its gonna be very SWEET ........... :)
nice post....give some credit to wikipedia for the snippets on the shuba :)
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