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Cham dance is a sacred performance in Tibetan Buddhism, performed by monks during festivals to honor deities and ward off negative forces. Dancers wear elaborate costumes and masks, representing wrathful deities, protector spirits, and animals. The ritual, set to traditional music, conveys spiritual stories of good overcoming evil and serves as a blessing for the community. Performed in monastery courtyards, the Cham dance symbolizes purification, protection, and spiritual renewal, while…

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Sak Yant ~ A monk at the Wat Bang Phra temple outside of Bangkok meditates while tattoos are inked onto a long line of devotees. Sak means "tapping" or "tattooing", and Yant is derived from Yantra, which means "sacred geometrical design”. For hundreds of years Thai and Khmer warriors were renowned and feared for their magical patterns on their skin. These patterns were a mixture of Buddhist psalms and prayers, and shamanistic sayings and magic.

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Tibetan Pilgrims pray in the Tibetan Capital, Lasa, during the celebrations of Tibetan New Year, in Lasa. Tibet, China/Feb. 22, 2007.

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It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but there's no punch line, just a group of new friends. TigerLily is a drag performer in Beijing. Four monks who had traveled all the way from Tibet heard music and laughter and wandered into his venue and had a wonderful time. That may sound weird, but one commenter said that Buddhist monks "always seem to approach life as it were the funniest joke ever told." TigerLily posted an album of more pictures from the same night. A good time was had by all…

A tattooed Buddhist monk waits for a train in the troubled Yala province in southern Thailand February 28, 2011. Separatists are blamed for most of the attacks on Thailand's predominantly Muslim deep south, which often target Buddhists and Muslims associated with the Thai state, such as police, soldiers, government officials and teachers. No credible group has claimed responsibility for near daily drive-by shootings and bombings, which continue unabated, despite a massive counterinsurgency…

A Monk Takes a Smoke Break in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand