[LRflex] Bhutan People
- From: H&ECummer <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:23:29 +0800
Hi Flexers,
I am returning again to my Bhutan folders. The State Sport for Bhutan is
archery and our guide Kinzhang is one of the best archers in the country.
So we went to see two contests - one with traditional bamboo bows and another
one with the newer carbon fiber bows. Kinzhang explained that bamboo bows start
to quiver when they are drawn so the archer can't take long to aim at the
target and release. This limits the accuracy of shots. With the carbon fiber
bows they do not vibrate when drawn and held taut so the archer can take longer
to sight and aim at the target. The target, BTW, is 145 m away and it was
remarkable to me that it could be hit at all. But, according to Kinzhang, on a
good day, when archer is "in the groove" and the wind is calm out of 45 tries a
great archer will get more than half his arrows on the target when using a
carbon fiber bow and maybe 20% with a bamboo bow. I shot about 500 shots at the
contest using the bamboo bow and managed to get three pictures with the arrow
leaving the bow. Couldn't manage it with the carbon bows at all.
here's the photo:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ArowLaunchw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/p3929fl
The Bhutanese Government has several art schools where young people learn how
to produce traditional arts - sculpture and painting.
Here is a sculpture teacher showing his pupils how it should be done:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ClayMasterBWw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/kaf6sx5
Monks come from all over to Bhutan - including (surprisingly for me) this monk
with a group of tourists from China. Given the suppression in Tibet
I was surprised they got permission from the Chinese Government to visit. I'm
sure the Bhutan government did not care:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/MonkTabw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/q2mg9fq
Bhutanese people are friendly and don't mind being photographed but some of
them can be a bit shy:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ParoWaitressw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/mjsoquv
Prayer beads are much in evidence:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/PrayerBeadsw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/n4y9o3k
Walking clockwise around the National Memorial Chorten, built as memorial to
the third Bhutanese king,
and winding his prayer wheel while counting his beads:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/RedPrayerw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/lzlsj9x
Two older lady tourists photographing an older lady worshipper at the NM
Chorten.
I liked that they had similar footwear:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/TourisTWorshipperw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/kpm6ovk
A pony wrangler at the Tiger's Nest. He walks, maybe three times a day, 5 km
rising 900m, guiding his horses to the Tiger's Nest. He charges $15 per ride
for the out of shape tourists to get to the top and then you have to walk down
as it is too steep to ride down.
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/WranglerTigersw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/kdcbw5n
And the wrangler's junior helper who will also carry (and use) your camera for
you:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/YoungWrangw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/mxhkrl9
Here we are at the look out to the Tiger's Nest. The horses could go no further:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ECHCTigersw.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/lkjzpol
Please look large.
C&C always welcome,
Howard
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