Photo documentary: The Uyghur people in Kashgar’s maze of alleys
A young school girl on her way home. The red scarfs are handed out to children throughout China, as a sign of good behavior.
- An Uyghur girl waiting on a corner in the vast maze of this old district
- Three Uyghur generations in front of the city’s oldest mosque
Donut-like breads are still made according to ancient recipe’s, sticked to the sides of large stone ovens
Kids playing in the narrow streets of the old town
Uyghur Woman hanging her laundry in the hot summer sun
The ancient streets in the Silk Road city of Kashgar (more…)
The majestic Fo Guang Shan monastery near Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The buddha covered wall, representing the 1,000 avatars written of in Buddhist texts who are destined to redeem the world in successive eras
The literal meaning of Fo Guang Shan is: “Buddha’s Light Mountain”.
Both the gong and the drum are one of the most important Dharma instruments to In the time of Buddha, the gong and drum were used to gather everyone, announcing the precepts, meal times, Dharma talks etc. Up until today, they have become instruments to announce the times to wake up and go to bed.
The thousands of Buddhas in the headquarters of the Mahayana Buddhist monastery of Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan (more…)
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Fountain in the courtyard of the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail
Fountain inside the entree of the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail
One bodhisattva, a thousand hands and infinite prayers
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